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The Public Silence of People Living in Poverty (MORE TICKETS ADDED!)
02 November 2023, 2:00 pm–5:30 pm
The Public Silence of People Living in Poverty: Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Britain
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- UCL staff | UCL students
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Institute of Advanced Studies
Location
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IAS ForumG17, ground floor, South WingUCL, Gower St, LondonWC1E 6BT
Poverty features prominently in British public debate, frequently acknowledged and discussed across the political spectrum as a persistent and, by numerous indicators, deepening problem. Yet while the phenomenon of material deprivation commands substantial public attention, the persons living in poverty frequently face difficulties in making their voices heard, most notably on the national level. Spoken about and spoken for, people living in poverty have long struggled to speak for themselves publicly.
The workshop explores reasons why attempts by people living in poverty to gain direct access to the public sphere and be heard publicly have met with uneven success. Speakers include Fran Bennett (Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford), Jon Lawrence (Department of History, Exeter) and Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite (Department of History, UCL).
We would like to encourage interested persons from a wide range of disciplines to join us at the event.
About the Speaker
Bernhard Rieger
Professor of European History at Leiden University
Bernhard Rieger is Professor of European History at Leiden University and Honorary Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at UCL, where he worked from 2005 to 2018. He is completing a book entitled “Making Society Work Again”, which analyzes the development of make-work, or “workfare”, policies and their social impact in the USA, the UK and Germany since the Sixties.
More about Bernhard Rieger