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The UBC De partment of History is pleased to invite you to a talk by Prof. Ol ivette Otele (Ph.D.\, FRHistS\, FLSW)\, Distinguished Professor of the Legacies and Memory of Slavery at S OAS\, University of London.
T his event can be attended virtually or in-person. Refreshments will be avai lable for in-person attendees. However you choose to join us\, please regis ter for the event.
This even t is hosted by the UBC History Department. We are grateful for co-sponsorsh ip from the Public Humanities Hub\, UBC Political Science\, UBC English Lan guage & Literatures\, the Peter A. Allard School of Law\, UBC Green College \, and the Institute for Gender\, Race\, Sexuality\, and Social Justice.
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< span style="font-weight: 400\;">In Europe\, discussions about colonial lega cies of the past in the last few decades seem to be articulated around reme mbering and forgetting\, which has resulted in a variety of viewpoints osci llating between nostalgia and resentment. Public debates in post-Brexit Bri tain continue to be about identities\, the role of the monarchy as a unifyi ng institution\, and questions of citizenship. At the same time\, arguments are being put forward alleging that scrutinising Britain’s colonial histor y and its legacies would further polarise debates and divide the kingdom.
The societal fracture that is the result of a global recession and the Conservatives’ austerity measures have further segmented British society. In need of a scapegoat\, popular ne wspapers\, public figures and intellectuals have turned to blaming the ills of the nation on alleged culture wars\, ‘woke-ism’ and the danger posed by the removal of traces of the past\, especially statues of so-called father s of the cities or the great of the nation. There is also resistance to tea ching histories that supposedly do not fit the narrative of a glorious past and are deemed controversial. This presentation will delve into colonial h istories and examine how forgetting part of the kingdom’s past has further cemented contemporary inequalities and led to tragedies in Britain.< /p>
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Olivette Otele (she/h er/hers)\, Ph.D.\, FRHistS\, FLSW\, is a Distinguished Professor of the Leg acies and Memory of Slavery at SOAS\, University of London. Her area of res earch is colonial\, post-colonial history and memory studies. Otele holds a Ph.D. in History from Université Paris La Sorbonne\, France and received a n honorary doctorate in Law from Concordia University in Canada. She is a F ellow and former Vice President of the Royal Historical Society. She was a judge of the International Man Booker Prize\, has written numerous scholarl y papers and books\, and is also a regular contributor to the press\, telev ision and radio programmes\, including the BBC\, Times Magazine \, The Guardian\, GQ \, Elle Magazine\, and others. Otele is also a broadcaster and a film and documentaries consul tant. Her latest books include an edited volume\, Post-conflict memorialization: Missing Memorials\, Absent Bodies (Palgrave Mcmillan\, 20 21) and African Europeans: An Un told History (Basic Books\, 202 2).
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