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UCL East and Public History

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 Archive will be nested within the new Urban Room, designed by UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture, a combined space dedicated to public dialogue about the contemporary urban experience.

The workshop, ‘What is Public History Now’, aims to begin a public conversation about the role that history can play in civil society and everyday life, to feed into the development of the UCL Public History Programme. The workshop is free to attend and open to all. 

We look forward to welcoming you to the discussion! 

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