Disabled People’s Political Activism in Britain – David Turner

Disabled People’s Political Activism in Britain – David Turner

Professor David Turner (University of Swansea) presents ‘Disabled People’s Political Activism in Britain: The Long View’.

By Research Centre:History, Heritage & Memory Studies

Date and time

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 09:00 - 10:30 PDT

Location

Online

About this event

  • 1 hour 30 minutes

NTU History and Policy Seminar Series presents:

Professor David Turner (University of Swansea) – ‘Disabled People’s Political Activism in Britain: The Long View’

More about the seminar series

Our second year of NTU’s History and Policy Series focuses on three broad issues that have made the headlines in later 2023: Climate Change/Net Zero; Disability Policy; and the Future of the Welfare System. With an election very likely in 2024 these same issues are likely to remain ‘live’ and (notably in terms of welfare payments to the disabled) gather momentum. In this series we bring together historians, activists, commentators, arts organisations and policy influencers to explore our three themes and particularly to locate the historical precedents, experiences, trends and realities that can help to understand the debated present and policy future.

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Research Centre:History, Heritage & Memory Studies

The Centre for Research in History, Heritage and Memory Studies is committed to generating world-leading research that engages with challenges at the core of today’s cultures and societies, promoting inclusive and interdisciplinary projects that encompass medieval to contemporary periods. We embrace and lead debates relating to social, economic, cultural and public history; poverty and welfare; identity; race; gender and sexuality; legacies of violence; heritage and memory. Our specialisms range from the Crusades and Reformation Studies to pre- and post-Columbian Mexico; the British Civil Wars; the Antebellum South and Transatlantic Slave Trade; American and Irish Civil Rights; Britain and Europe in the context of World Wars, Welfare and Penal Systems; Holocaust and Genocide; Family History and Memory Activism, Environmental History and Critical Museology.

We have a range of annual seminar/lecture series (Workhouse Lives, Oral History Network, Challenging Colonial Narratives, Religion,Conflict and Resolution, History and Policy, Material and Immaterial Cultures and Memory Studies) and host online and in person conferences, workshops and training events.

For more details about the centre, please contact Natasha.Hodgson@ntu.ac.uk or Steven.King@ntu.ac.uk

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