Drive Time Podcast 03-07-2020 - False Histories - Our Perception Of The Past

Join Raza Ahmed and Qayyum Rashid on Friday's show where we will be discussing: False Histories - Our Perception Of The Past

False Histories - Our Perception Of The Past

With protestors bringing down statues, many of us questioning whether the history we have been taught is truly the whole picture. How important is history to the way we behave in the present and has racism been fuelled by the false histories we have been taught?

Guests include:

Dr Marika Sherwood (Senior Research Fellow at the School of Advanced Studies ,University of London)

Michael I.Ohajuru (Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies)

Dr Miranda Kaufman (Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies and author of Black Tudors)

Dr Giuliana Mazzoni (Professor in Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Hull & director of Forensic Psychology Society in Italy)

Professor Hakim Adi (Professor of the History of Africa and the African Diaspora at the University of Chichester)

Jerry Brotton (Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary University of London and author of This Orient Isle)

Dr Sabrina Strings (Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California)

Produced by: Nabeela Shah