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Places, people and pageants: Writing and performing local histories
24 January 2024, 6:00 pm–8:00 pm
Join Mark Freeman for this Professorial Lecture as he considers the nature and ‘uses’ of history through his work on historical pageants in modern Britain, local history, and the history of adult education.
This event is free.
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IOE Events
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W3.01UCL IOE20 Bedford WayLondonWC1H 0AL
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Local history has often been marginalised from ‘mainstream’ academic history, but it has flourished in adult education, and has been at the centre of productive interdisciplinary developments in both teaching and research. It has also been a substantial vector of what is now termed ‘impact’, through its ability to engage local communities in inventive and sometimes surprising ways.
In this lecture, Mark will discuss the impact of historical pageants on people and places, and the extent to which local historians have participated in it.
This in-person event will be particularly useful for researchers, policy makers, teachers and students.
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About the Speakers
Professor Mark Freeman
Professor of Social History and Education at UCL IOE
He is a historian of modern Britain, focusing on the history of education, youth movements and informal education. He has published widely on modern British social, educational and business history.
He was a co-investigator on the AHRC-funded project ‘The Redress of the Past: Historical Pageants in Britain 1905–2016’.
More about Professor Mark FreemanProfessor Georgina Brewis (Respondent)
Professor of Social History at UCL IOE
She is a social historian of higher education, voluntary action and humanitarianism in Britain and the wider world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Her current research and teaching interests centre on the history of student life and student culture. She is Director of Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life in London, a research and engagement project in the run up to UCL's bicentenary in 2026.
More about Professor Georgina Brewis (Respondent)Professor Li Wei (Chair)
Director and Dean at UCL IOE
His research covers many aspects of bilingualism and multilingualism, including language acquisition in childhood, education policy and practice regarding bilingual and multilingual learners of minoritised and transnational backgrounds, and the cognitive benefits of language learning.
He is a fellow of the British Academy, the Academy of Social Sciences, UK, and Academia Europaea.
More about Professor Li Wei (Chair)