WHBBH3 Agenda Released
by mohajuru
What’s Happening in Black British History? III
Institute of Commonwealth Studies, The Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House, London
Thursday, 29 October 2015
10.30-10.45 Registration: tea & coffee
10.45-11.30 Keynote address Eric Huntley
11.30-1.00 Session One Challenging the Conventional Narratives
Looking at Our Past Through Fiction: Engaging Young Readers With Black British History
Catherine Johnson (Author and Educationalist)
A More Interesting Narrative: Moving beyond Equiano and Slavery in the study of Eighteenth-Century Black British Writing
Ryan Hanley (New College, Oxford)
Black British history is happening – but to what end?
David Killingray (ICwS),
1.00-2.00 Lunch
2.00-3.30 Session Two Teaching Black British History
The new GCSE course on migration to Britain: Black British history on the official exam curriculum
Martin Spafford (Retired history teacher)
Inclusive Curriculum: Learning to see the diversity of Britain
Dema Wonga (Narrative Eye)
Doing justice to the teaching of Black British history in the classroom
Robin Whitburn (Institute of Education) and Abdull Mohamud (Institute of Education)
3.30-4.00 Tea/coffee
4.00-6.00 Session Three New Perspectives on the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
The murderer, the servant, and Lady Mary Grey: Victorian Africans and the historical record
Jeffrey Green (Independent Historian)
Re-framing the Nation
Jan Marsh (National Portrait Gallery)
God and Coffee: The Forgotten Story of the Reverend Thomas Birch Freeman, Botanist
Advolly Richmond (Independent Researcher)
6.00-6.30 Final Thoughts and Conclusions
Chair: Michael Ohajuru
6.30-7.30 Reception