Talk by Dr Sanjukta Basu on 'Internet, Democracy and the Self'

 

Dr Sanjukta Basu – Internet, Democracy and the Self: Activism and Trolling in the Indian Digital Public Sphere

On Tuesday 23 July at 4 pm, the History of Activism research group will be hosting a talk and discussion with Dr Sanjukta Basu, a feminist scholar, journalist and one of India’s earliest bloggers. The event will explore issues related to internet-based politics and political activism, the idea of the ‘digital public sphere’, and the (gendered) harassment and abuse expressed in online spaces. Dr Basu’s talk will reflect on both the opportunities and freedom that the internet has offered her, as well as the more pernicious aspects of negotiating free expression in digital networks. For further information on this event, please contact Edward Anderson (edward.anderson@northumbria.ac.uk).

Half-day workshop on student activism in British and US history

On Monday 8 July, the Histories of Activism Research Group at Northumbria University is running a small workshop to explore different histories of student activism in the UK and the US. The event is free, but guests are asked to register by emailing Daniel Laqua (daniel.laqua@northumbria.ac.uk) before 5 July. The programme is listed below.

 

10h30 – 11h30  Diversity and Difference in UK-Based Student Activism

Ed Anderson (Northumbria) – ‘Rajahs to Revolutionaries: The Politics of Indian Students in Late Colonial Britain’

Jodi Burkett (Portsmouth) – ‘Free Speech, “No Platform” and the Fight against Racism on UK Campuses, c. 1974–1986’

 

11h40 – 12h40 Ages of Radical Activism in the US

Jack Hodgson (Roehampton) – ‘Pupils’ Strikes and Trade Unionism in Chicago and Pittsburgh Grade Schools, 1900–1913’

Christopher Olewicz (De Montfort) – ‘New Left Intellectuals and Student Protest in the United States’