This event explores the question of how historians working at universities can ethically work in partnership with community-based researchers, or engage with local communities, to produce more inclusive, high-quality historical research.
Hear from the experiences shared by researchers working on two key projects developed at Oxford University’s new ‘Community History Hub’: including Dr Sally Frampton (Oxford Health Histories) and Dr Aleena Din (A Muslim History of Oxford), about what they have learnt from engaging in ethical partnerships with diverse community partners. The Hub’s co-lead and Community History Fellow, Dr Priya Atwal, will also share behind-the-scenes detail about the origins and development of the Hub project; offering an insight into how the team is navigating their efforts to embed sustainable opportunities for community-grounded research into the institutional fabric of the university.
The event will include time for questions and sharing reflections with the group. We’d love to hear about the challenges and opportunities you are experiencing in your own attempts to connect with communities through your research: whether as an academic, student, or as an independent/community-based researcher (or a combination of these categories!).
This event is part of the IHR’s People, Place and Community seminar series and is co-hosted by the Centre for the History of People, Place and Community and the University of Oxford’s Community History Hub.
Everyone participating in and attending the seminar is kindly asked to make themselves familiar with the IHR’s code of conduct available here.
All welcome- this seminar is free to attend, but advance registration is required.