Beyond 1807 – Slave resistance and abolition: a national conference at St
John’s College, Cambridge, 14-15th July 2008.
Keynote speakers:
Professor David Richardson, Director, Wilberforce Institute for the Study
of Slavery and Emancipation, University of Hull
Sir Keith Ajegbo, author of Curriculum Review: Diversity and Citizenship
(Dfes), Trustee, Citizenship Foundation & former Head of Deptford Green
Lectures and workshops
Paul Salmons, Holocaust Education Officer, Imperial War Museum; Dr Gemma
Romain, National Archives; Liz Craft, QCA citizenship officer; Claire
Bennett, Harambee Development Education; Andrew Wrenn, History Advisor,
Cambridgeshire LA; Dale Banham, Humanities Advisor, Suffolk LA; Jonathan
Harrison, St John’s College; Michaela Alfred-Kamara, Anti Slavery
International.
All conference delegates will leave provided with ready to use resources
for the classroom.
Further details and a booking form:
http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/admissions/outreach_access/beyond_1807/
Enquiries and booking: Gareth John, 01223 338782 e-mail:
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Conference fee (residential £ 220; non-residential £170)
An `Early Bird’ fee for residential places only of £190 is offered with
bookings received by 15th March 2008 (accompanied by a £50 non-refundable
deposit)
Cheques made payable to `St John’s College, Cambridge’ or book online.
Further details and booking form available:
http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/admissions/outreach_access/beyond_1807/
How we tell and, even more crucially, how we teach history is highly
significant, especially when that history is harrowing and has bequeathed
complex legacies. For the stories we tell about the past shape both our
personal identities and our collective social and political imaginings
about what it means to be British citizens sharing in the life of one
nation.
From September 2008 learning about the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade,
abolitionism and the role of both slave resistance and abolitionists like
Olaudah Equiano, Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce will become a
compulsory part of the curriculum for secondary school children. Yet the
resources for teaching this controversial and sensitive subject are still
quite limited and the challenges great.
This groundbreaking national conference for teachers, researchers,
advisers, museum/heritage educators or those involved in working with
minority ethnic issues will provide an excellent opportunity for
engagement with leading academic and educational expertise in the study of
slave resistance and abolition.
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