The History Show Sunday 29 April 2018
The History Show
On this week's programme - The Windrush Generaton; The Columbia University Protests of 1968; our April book club choice is Inglorious Empire which surveys two centuries of British misrule in India; and we preview a major conference in Maynooth on Karl Marx.
Windrush Generation
Last week, the UK government apologised for their threats to deport Caribbean-born citizens, who were granted the right to live and work in Britain after the Second World War. Kate O'Malley talks to Myles about the controversy surrounding the so-called Windrush Generation.
Columbia University Protests
50 years ago this week, in April of 1968, college students at New York’s Columbia University took over the campus in protest. At the height of the demonstrations against the Vietnam War, the actions at the University were among the most highly visible and effective. Jonathan Creasy went to New York and found out more.
What The British Did to India
Our book club choice for this month is on the subject of British Colonialism and its aftermath. The book is Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India, by Indian historian and parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor. It’s a polemical work which surveys the devastation caused by two centuries of British misrule of its so-called Indian Empire.
This book was inspired by a 2015 Oxford Union debate, where Tharoor delivered a speech on the topic "Does Britain owe reparations to its former colonies?" The video of that debate went viral at the time, and the wide praise his speech received spurred him to write Inglorious Empire, which offers a blistering critique of Britain’s colonial past.
Joining Myles to discuss the book are Doctor Chandana Mathur, lecturer in Anthrology at Maynooth University; Dermot Dix, Headmaster at the Headfort School in Kells, County Meath; and Kate O’Malley of the Royal Irish Academy’s Documents on Irish Foreign Policy series.
Marx Conference
Chandana Mathur previews a major Marx conference taking place in Maynooth on the 4th and 5th of May. It's called The ReBirth of Marxism: haunting the future. Click here for more information.
Also you can click here to read conference co-organiser Conor McCarthy's article in the current Dublin Review of Books entitled 'Why Marx? Why Now?'
Event - The History Show Festival
Click here for the full event programme.
The RTÉ Radio 1 History Show and Hinterland/Kells will collaborate again this year (having teamed up for Gallipoli 100 in 2015) in the first History Show Festival. A dozen leading historians will participate as the festival commemorates the centenary of 1918 and the fiftieth anniversary of 1968.
Event - Interrogating Markievicz
On the 11th and 12th of May, Richmond Barracks is hosting Interrogating Markievicz, a two day event of lectures and workshops. Click here for more information.
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Music Played on the Show
Hard To Handle
Grateful Dead
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