'Brexit, Archaeology and Heritage: Reflections and Agendas'

UCL Institute of Archaeology is hosting a one-day workshop on Friday 5th May 2017 titled 'Brexit, Archaeology and Heritage: Reflections and Agendas':

Programme

11.00 - 12.30 Part 1: Scholarship, citizenship and collaboration

Michael Browne (UCL ERIO): Update on European collaborations
Isa Benedetti-Whitton (ASE): Brexit and commercial archaeology
Gai Jorayev (IoA CAA): Academic mobility and EU funding
Oliver Patel (UCL European Institute): UCL research and policy engagement on Brexit

13.30 - 15.00 Part 2: New nationalisms and the past

Chiara Bonacchi (IoA): The British past in Brexit debates on social media: Uses and meanings
Andrew Gardner (IoA): Brexit, empire, and the problem of Englishness
Lorna-Jane Richardson (UCLDH) & Tom Booth (NHM): Ancient DNA analysis, nationalism and the Far Right
Matt Pope (IoA/ASE): Mind Your Language: Resisting ‘indigenous’ narratives in British Prehistory

15.30 - 17.00 Part 3: Expertise and academia in the age of 'post-truth' politics

Rodney Harrison (IoA): Who needs experts? Heritage, crowd sourcing and the paradox of popularist nationalism
Wendy Higgs (IoA): Tales from the Referendum campaign
Dean Sully (IoA): Bridging the gap between popularism and people

Closing comments: Sue Hamilton, Director of the UCL Institute of Archaeology