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'Where do we fit in'? Black and Asian British History on the Curriculum

The podcast of this week's fantastic event is now available!

A panel of contributors discussed the ways that BME British experiences have been marginalised from the histories taught in schools, and how teachers, scholars, community leaders and politicians can work to ensure that these stories and experiences are taught and understood as British History.

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The IHR will close at 5.30pm on Friday 21 December 2018 and reopen at 9am on Wednesday 2 January.

Medieval specialist Catherine Clarke to lead new IHR research centre

The IHR is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Catherine Clarke to head our new research centre for the History of People, Place and Community.

She will head up a new research centre that will draw on the expertise and interests of the IHR’s staff and its flagship projects within the Centre for Metropolitan History and Victoria County History.

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