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Reflections on the memorial of Marika Sherwood
On the 14th April 2025, myself and a few other YHP members attended the memorial of a longtime friend of YHP, collaborator and pioneer...
Perry Blankson
May 1


Black British history in schools: Progress, Problems, and Possibilities
As a trainee history teacher, the ways in which Black history is taught in British schools has long troubled me. Whilst some progress has...
Young Historians Project
Feb 12


Interviewing Marika Sherwood: Seeing history with open eyes
In August, YHP interviewed Marika Sherwood; a renowned historian, writer, educator, and activist. Marika is a Senior Research Fellow at...
Iham Ali
Nov 12, 2024


YHP at the University of Amsterdam
This May, members of the Young Historians Project travelled to the University of Amsterdam to present our work at a symposium organised...
Hannah Francis, Isra Hussein, Alex Douglas–Bailey, Tionne Parris
Jul 4, 2024


Reflections on the Bernie Grant Memorial Lecture 2024
Born in Guyana in 1944, Bernie Grant was a dedicated community organiser, trade unionist, founder of the African Reparations Movement ...
Hannah Francis
May 13, 2024


Archives and decolonisation at Durham University
At the beginning of March, I was invited to represent the Young Historians Project at a conference on 'Archives and Decolonial Pedagogy'...
Idil Longe
Mar 23, 2024
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