Wednesday 25 November 2020, 11.30am – 6.00pm
IInstitute of Commonwealth Studies
Workshop, ONINE
Registration now OPEN. Go to: https://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/events/event/23313
11.30 am Education and Public Engagement
‘Researching the teaching and learning of British slavery in post-colonial contexts’, Yvonne Sinclair (Manchester Metropolitan University).
‘A case study of the Hutchison Family: Imperial Connexions – The Gold Coast and Britain’, Carina Ancell and Alan Kunna (Newham Sixth Form College).
‘Rethinking Museums – Processes of Decolonization in Museums in Germany and the UK’, Susanna Jorek (University of Leipzig).
‘Celebrating African Caribbeans in Sussex Past And Present’, Tony Kalume (Director: Diversity Lewes).
Chair: Philip Murphy
Q & A
1.30 pm Lunch
2.30 pm Digital Humanities and Databases
“The Trans-imperial experiences of 18th century British Black mariners and the Black Mariner Database”, Charles R. Foy (Eastern Illinois University).
‘Black Convict Lives on Cockatoo Island: Decolonising the Digital Archive’, Katy Roscoe (University of Liverpool).
‘The Visualizing Abolition Project’, Daniel Domingues (Rice University).
Chair: TBC
Q & A
4.00 pm Art and Culture
‘Chilling In The Shambles: Three regular medieval guys chilling out and shaking up the imagination of historical possibility in a rural English town’, Melissa Hill (Sevenoaks Chilling project).
‘Benjamin West’s “Allegory of Britannia”’, Mark McCarthy (Institute of Historical Research).
‘Discomfort: Truth and Representation in British Galleries’, Alice Proctor (Uncomfortable Art Tours).
Chair: TBC
Q & A
5.30 pm Concluding remarks
Convenors: Philip Murphy, Michael Ohajuru, Miranda Kaufmann and Joanna Brown.