Young historians take to the street: school students tackling the big picture of race, protest and immigration control.

The Public History Discussion Group 2011-12 - formerly known as the Ruskin Public History Discussion Group.

Martin Spafford

 

In 1995 thirty 11 year olds in an East London school spent several months looking at the world of asylum seekers and the politics of immigration control. Last year ten 15 year olds from the same school worked with historians to investigate fascist assaults on the East End over time and how local people have responded. These projects took them onto the streets, into detention centres, to Parliament and even into direct confrontation with organised racism. Present and former students from George Mitchell School will show clips from their films and discuss with their teacher Martin Spafford the impact of such projects - at the time and in later life – on their politics and values.

Doors open at 10:30am for a prompt start at 11am

Please bring your own coffee – lots of places nearby.

Date: 3 December, 11

Time: 10:30am - 1pm

Venue:

Bishopsgate Institute,
230 Bishopsgate,
London,
EC2M 4QH.
Main board room – there are stairs 

http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/
This is a few minutes walk from Liverpool Street station (in the direction of Shoreditch and Spitalfields market) and on the corner with Brushfield Street.

Contact:

Dr Hilda Kean, convenor of the group: hkean@ruskin.ac.uk