Sep-14-2010 04:45PM - 05:30PM

St Pancras

London,

Led by the Open University, in collaboration with the University of Oxford and King’s College London, Making Britain is an inter-disciplinary research project which examines the formative contributions South Asians made to Britain’s literary, political and cultural life in the period 1870–1950. Funded by the AHRC and supported by a number of distinguished partners and academic advisors, the project examines how South Asians positioned themselves within British society and culture, and explores the significance of their impact on British life. It traces some of the key historical links and cultural exchanges between South Asians and Britons, whilst also exploring the tensions that arose from such encounters.

Through extensive new archival research, the project seeks to uncover the rich cultural output of this early diasporic community and heighten public awareness of the depth of South Asian contribution to contemporary British life. As well as producing published outputs, and hosting seminars and a public exhibition, the project is creating an annotated database of material written by and relating to South Asians in Britain, which will soon be linked through this website.

Internationally acclaimed poet and scholar Meena Alexander will appear on the conference's closing plenary roundtable. Other participants include Elleke Boehmer (Chair), Humayun Ansari (Royal Holloway, University of London), Antoinette Burton (University of Illinois, US), Bashabi Fraser (Edinburgh Napier University), Vivian Ibrahim (University College Cork).

British Library Conference Centre
St Pancras

London, gb

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