Ethical Community History

Speakers: Priya Atwal (University of Oxford), Sally Frampton (University of Oxford) & Aleena Din (University of Oxford & Bristol)

IHR Seminar Series: People, Place and Community

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!).