| 3 Mar 2010 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm | CRASSH 17 Mill Lane | |
- Description
Description
Speaker:
Dr Lotte Hughes, Open University
Managing Heritage, Building Peace: Museums, memorialisation and the uses of memory in Kenya
Dr Lotte Hughes is an historian of Africa and empire, whose current research interests focus on heritage, memory and post-conflict reconciliation issues in Kenya. Based in the Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies, she is the Principal Investigator of a three-year research project entitled 'Managing Heritage, Building Peace: Museums, memorialisation and the uses of memory in Kenya.' More details about the project can be found here.
Dr Hughes is also a member of the History Department of the Open University's Faculty of Arts; a Council member of the African Studies Association of the UK (ASAUK); and a member of the editorial board of the Historical Association of Kenya (HAK).
All welcome. Informal discussion over wine and refreshments.
For more information about the group please visit the link on the right hand side of this page
