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Recordings of Autumn 2021 Webinar Events

Webinar 1 – Monday 4 October 2021, 17h-18h30
Organised and chaired by Yann Beliard, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle

Laura Tabili, University of Arizona, “Transients and Settlers in Britain’s Multicultural Ports, 1919-1941”.

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Webinar 2 – Friday 15 October 2021, 10.00-11.30: “The End of Empire: lessons learned and unlearned?” by Robert Gildea (Worcester College, Oxford) 
Organised by Agnès Alexandre-Collier, Université de Bourgogne
Discussant : Géraldine Vaughan (Université de Rouen)

Robert Gildea is Professor of Modern French and European History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. His presentation will be centred on his latest book: Empires of the Mind, The Colonial Past and the Politics of the Present, Cambridge University Press, 2019.

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Webinar 3 – Friday 12 November 2021 10.00-12.15: Ethnic minorities and the UK Housing System
Organised and chaired by David Fée, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle 

  • David Robinson, University of Sheffield, “Ethnic inequalities in housing policy and practice: past and present trends” 
  • Alex Marsh, University of Bristol, “Current developments in accessing social housing and their implications for ethnic minorities households” 
  • David Fée, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, “Ethnic minorities housing associations: rise and decline?” 

Webinar 4 – Monday 29 November 2021, 10.00 – 12.15: Scotland, immigration and diversity: an exception in the UK?
Organised and chaired by Edwige Camp-Pietrain, Université Polytechnique des Hauts-de-France (UPHF), Valenciennes

  • Stephen Mullen, Research Associate, University of Glasgow, Department of History, “A Stateless, imperial nation: how does modern Scotland address historic connections with Transatlantic Slavery?”
  • Emilia Pietka-Nyzaka, Senior lecturer in sociology and social policy, University of West of Scotland Are migrants welcomed in Scotland? Diversity of political and public attitudes to migration in Scotland”
  • Edwige Camp-Pietrain, Professeure de civilisation britannique, UPHF, Valenciennes, “The political discourse on asylum-seekers in the Scottish Parliament since 1999: growing divergence with British discourses and policies”

Webinar 5 –24 January 2022, 10.00 – 12.45: The Conservative Party, Immigration and Diversity.
Organised and chaired by Agnès Alexandre Collier, Université de Bourgogne

  • Professor Maria Sobolewska, University of Manchester: “The Conservative party in Brexitland: from death by demographics to identity politics”?
  • Maria’s paper will be centred on the presentation of her book with Robert Ford: Brexitland, Identity, Diversity and the Reshaping of British Politics, Cambridge University Press, 2020.
  • Dr. Nicole Martin, University of Manchester: “Surplus to requirements? Ethnic minority Brexiteers after the referendum”.
  • Dr. Neema Begum, University of Nottingham: “The Conservative Party and Ethnic Minority Representation in UK Local Government”.


OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as follows:
Samuel Malby (September 30, 2021). Recordings of Autumn 2021 Webinar Events. Migration and Diversity in the British and Irish Isles. Retrieved February 14, 2026 from https://doi.org/10.58079/rfe7


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