Ep 73: What's in a name? Journalist, academic and ex-TV producer Sheela Banerjee's discusses names and what they signify to society - in her new book, she takes us from the fight against racism in Britain, from Jamaica in the 60s to pre-Revolutionary Russia, each time exploring how a name contains centuries of history and acts as a portal to other worlds. So what IS in a name...? and what do we lose when we change them...
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Ep 73: What's in a name? Journalist, academic and ex-TV producer Sheela Banerjee's discusses names and what they signify to society - in her new book, she takes us from the fight against racism in Britain, from Jamaica in the 60s to pre-Revolutionary Russia, each time exploring how a name contains centuries of history and acts as a portal to other worlds. So what IS in a name...? and what do we lose when we change them...
We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Prof Trevor Burnard
We need to talk about whiteness podcast
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We Need To Talk About Whiteness - with Prof Trevor Burnard
Ep 57: Whiteness and the Royals - Prof Trevor Burnard is Wilberforce Professor of Slavery and Emancipation at the University of Hull and Director of the Wilberforce Institute. The author of several books including 'Jamaica in the Age of Revolution' and The Atlantic World, 1492-1830, he recently curated a special forum in the journal, Slavery and Abolition on Black Lives Matter and Slavery, and is a member of the senior management board of the Modern Slavery Policy and Evidence Centre. He joins me to discuss the Royal family's visit to the Caribbean, those historic links to slavery and whether reperations might be on the cards..
We need to talk about whiteness podcast
Ep 73: What's in a name? Journalist, academic and ex-TV producer Sheela Banerjee's discusses names and what they signify to society - in her new book, she takes us from the fight against racism in Britain, from Jamaica in the 60s to pre-Revolutionary Russia, each time exploring how a name contains centuries of history and acts as a portal to other worlds. So what IS in a name...? and what do we lose when we change them...
