My new history of romanticism shows how enslavement shaped European culture
Romanticism centred on the idealisation of human freedom in all its forms.
Primary Results
To tackle extremism in schools we must challenge the ‘white curriculum’
We need to communicate better how schools and universities can understand the process leading to extremism, rather than just providing a checklist of behaviours.
Why you don’t see many black and ethnic minority faces in cultural spaces – and what happens if you call out the system
Why shouting diversity just doesn’t cut it if the system is designed to keep people out.
Slavery stole Africans’ ideas as well as their bodies: reparations should reflect this
Britain’s industrial revolution was built on slavery: both black labour and intellectual property.
History is not a morality play: both sides on #RhodesMustFall debate should remember that
Why Oriel College Oxford was right not to agree to take down a statue of the British imperalist.
Albanese is promising ‘truth‑telling’ in our Australian education system. Here’s what needs to happen
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated students should learn about the atrocities suffered by Indigenous people. However, appropriately teaching history is only one area that needs to be addressed.
The Windrush generation: how a resilient Caribbean community made a lasting contribution to British society
The Windrush generation has a long and storied history encompassing empire, war, migration, multiculturalism, racism and scandal – a history that has transformed British society and culture.
The teacher shortage plan must do more to recruit and retain First Nations teachers
A key aspect of Education Minister Jason Clare’s draft plan is recruiting more First Nations teachers. But it is missing details and an emphasis on decolonising schools.
‘Decolonising’ classrooms could help keep First Nations kids in school and away from police
First Nations children continue to be overrepresented in incarceration to due to overpolicing. What can schools do to decolonise education and keep First Nations kids in school?
School curriculum continues to whitewash Britain’s imperial past
We teach children about the birth and end of Empire, but miss out the violence of what happened in between.