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Dear Andy, What have you done? Best wishes. Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simons, Andy" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:15 AM Subject: Re: BASA Conference 5 June Hi Sean Sorry for the delayed response but I've had an accident and will be out of work for a few weeks. I'll get back to you eventually and sorry for the inconvenience. I hope to be in shape for the Conference but don't have any idea right now. With regards Andy Simons Modern British Collections The British Library _____ From: The Black and Asian Studies Association on behalf of SEAN CREIGHTON Sent: Wed 26/05/2010 09:24 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: BASA Conference 5 June Your help in advertising BASA's Conference (email, noticeboards, websites, etc) would be appreciated. Thanks. Sean Creighton BASA Secretary Black & Asian Studies Association Conference Saturday 5 June, 11.30am-4pm Dept. Geography, University College of London (UCL), 26 Bedford Way, London. WC1H 0AP Speakers: Kathy Chater Indians in parish records Daniel Whittall East Indian - West Indian connections in 1930s London Marika Sherwood Padmore et al: the work of the International African Service Bureau 1937 - 1939 Vandana Patel The Punjab Exhibition and Community-Heritage-Academia relationships Julie Begum Tower Hamlets Bengali Heritage Trail Bookstall and displays Cost £8 (non-members) £5 members (inc. lunch) Further information & to book contact Sean Creighton, BASA Secretary, 020 8640 2014. [log in to unmask] ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Julie Begum Julie is Chair of the Swadhinata Trust, the project for excellence in Bengali Arts, Research & Education, based in Brick Lane. www.swadhinata.org.uk. Kathy Chater Kathy is a freelance researcher, writer and historian. She is a member of the BASA Committee. Her PhD investigating the black presence in 18th century Britain, Untold Histories. Black people in England and Wales during the period of the British Slave trade, c. 1660-1807, is published by Manchester University Press (2009). She is also the author of guides to research for family history and media production. Vandana Patel Vandana is Exhibition Co-ordinator at the Royal Geographical Society. RGS Exhibitions have included Crossing Continents - the Bombay Africans. See www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/Exhibitions/Exhibition/ba01.hhtm. Marika Sherwood Marika is an independent historian and Hon. Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies. She organises the ICS/BASA British Black & Asian History Seminars. Her wide ranging publications include After Abolition on Britain's continued involvement in slavery. She is working on biographies of Henry Sylvester Williams, organiser of the 1900 Pan African Conference, and of George Padmore. Daniel Whittall Daniel is a PhD student in the Department of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London, working on a thesis entitled 'Black West Indians and the politics of empire in Britain, 1931-1948'. He is a BASA Committee member and is working with David Killingray on producing a BASA publication on the League for Coloured Peoples. ************************************************************************** Experience the British Library online at http://www.bl.uk/ The British Library’s new interactive Annual Report and Accounts 2008/09 : http://www.bl.uk/knowledge Help the British Library conserve the world's knowledge. Adopt a Book. http://www.bl.uk/adoptabook The Library's St Pancras site is WiFi - enabled ************************************************************************* The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail and notify the mailto:[log in to unmask] : The contents of this e-mail must not be disclosed or copied without the sender's consent. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the British Library. The British Library does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. ************************************************************************* Think before you print __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5146 (20100526) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com