BRHG Take Manhattan 2009
Date: Sunday 15th November
Venue: Bluestockings, 172 Allen Street New York, New York 10002
Time: 7pm
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A series of lectures, presentations and discussion presented by Bristol Radical History Group (BRHG) emphasising the importance and relevance of radical history. Using a diverse series of historical case studies the speakers will demonstrate the various interventions BRHG have made into their local and national histories including:
- uncovering hidden histories
- challenging established narratives
- questioning previous generations of 'radical history'
- linking new narratives and critiques with current struggles
Since 2006 Bristol Radical History Group (BRHG) have organised a bewildering range of history events; staging walks, talks, gigs, reconstructions, films, exhibitions, trips through the archives and fireside story telling.
Tonight, the Bristol Radical History Group (BRHG) will give an account of its own formation as a group, the arc of their activities in Bristol and beyond, as well as how the methods and techniques employed in their history from below relates to practices of militant research.
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