Student profiles
Ben Simpson
Email: b.j.simpson@keele.ac.uk
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-simpson-120b981b5
Twitter: @Ben_Simpson1997
Thesis Title
Institution
Supervisors
Dr David Ballantyne
Dr Shirin Hirsch
Rebecca Jackson
Research Summary
My PhD will study the politics of race in North Staffordshire from roughly 1960 to 2020, with particular attention to ethnic minority experience and antiracist activism in North Staffordshire. As part of my research, I hope to work with current and former local activist groups through conducting new oral histories on their experiences. I will also be working with Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service to create and catalogue a new permanent archive of antiracist activism in North Staffordshire, as well as creating a public history exhibition on the project.
Research Interests
History of race
Antiracist activism
Local history
Oral history
Public history
Publications
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