What is Public History Now? A one-day workshop for public and community historians, museum and archive professionals, and academics to share reflections on past, present and future approaches to Public History Wednesday 5 September , Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, E1 6LS The conference is free but please make sure that you register at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-is-public-history-now-tickets-48236991139 For further details, contact Ali Bennett at alison.bennett.14@ucl.ac.uk PROGRAMME: 09.30 Registration 10.00 Welcome: Eleanor Robson, UCL History 10.10–11.40: PANEL ONE (Chair: Georgina Brewis, UCL) Public History and Public Institutions (Government, Schools, and Museums) Chris Williams (Open University) ‘History and Policy’ and its Work with the Home Office Sundeep Lidher (University of Cambridge) ‘Our Migration Story: The Making of Britain’. A Case Study on Public History for Sch...
UCL is developing a new programme in Public History. This course will be a key feature of a new UCL campus, based at the Olympic Park in Stratford. With support from the Mayor of London, the new campus will form part of a broader cultural and educational cluster, called ‘East Bank’, comprising the V&A/Smithsonian, Sadler’s Wells and the London College of Fashion. The Public History Programme will be anchored in a new space for research and learning: the ‘London Memory Archive’. Capturing the impact of industry, globalization and gentrification on the six Olympic Park Boroughs and its people, the Archive will open up access to UCL’s public and oral history collections, develop a new, predominantly digital resource focused on oral and public history, and host diverse teaching initiatives including a new Masters in Public History. UCL students and academics will work with local communities to research, conserve, curate and exhibit their stories. The Arch...