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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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