Diversity amongst the documents?... · English and Welsh archives as reluctant sites of memory for...

Gerald Aylmer Seminar 2018

23 February 2018Wolfson Conference SuiteInstitute of Historical Research

Diversity amongst the documents? The representation of BAME communities within the UK’s archives

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09:30am Registration & Refreshments (Wolfson Room II)

10:15amKeynote lecture

12:30pm Lunch (Wolfson Room II)

Chair: Jo Fox (Institute of Historical Research)

Hidden, Lost, Withheld, Destroyed? Professor Hakim Adi (University of Chichester)

Chair: Valerie Johnson (The National Archives)

“The sharp edge of hope”: The political development of black-led archives in London Hannah Ishmael (University College London)

“Nothing about us without us”: Towards archival ownership Tamsin Bookey (Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives)

The story of inequality Abira Hussein (London Metropolitan Archives)

Welcome & Introductions (Wolfson Room I)Jo Fox (Institute of Historical Research) & Valerie Johnson (The National Archives)

10:00am

11:00amPanel session 1

3:00pm Refreshments (Wolfson Room II)

Representation in the archives and the politics of collecting

Chair: Anna Sexton (The National Archives)

English and Welsh archives as reluctant sites of memory for the history of people African descent? Olivette Otele (Bath Spa University)

“Tone It Down”: British imperial history, public engagement and outreach Iqbal Hussain (The National Archives)

Coming in from the cold: A model for project-based community collecting Hannah Niblett & Jennie Vickers (Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Centre Manchester)

1:30pmPanel session 2

Researching collections and challenging official histories

Chair: Margot Finn (Royal Historical Society)

Black Tudors and Stuarts in the UK’s archives Miranda Kaufman (University of London)

Jisc’s independent voices: Making alternative press content available for teaching learning and research Peter Findlay (Jisc)

Our lives, their history Sadiya Ahmed (Everyday Muslim)

Museum of Grooves: The future of archiving black heritage Patrick Vernon OBE

3:30pm

Roundtable: what next? The future of BAME history and archives

4:45pm Conference closeMargot Finn (Royal Historical Society)

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