Transcript The Building on History: Religion in London Project

Building on History:
Religion in London
The Building on History project
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Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
Phase one (2009-2011): partnership between The Open University, King’s
College London, Lambeth Palace Library and the Anglican Diocese of
London.
Phase two: (2012-2013) partnership between OU, Royal Holloway and
practitioners from Muslim, Jewish, Roman Catholic, Baptist, Methodist and
Black majority church constituencies.
?Phase three (2013 - ) developing application to Heritage Lottery Fund.
Objectives: a) to promote participation in ‘religious history’ b) to promote
critical historical understanding within and between religious groups.
Visit www.open.ac.uk/buildingonhistory ;
http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/religion-in-london/ ;
http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/boh/
Project themes
Including:
1. Religious diversity before and after 1945
2. Commonalities of experience of religious groups (e.g. place-making;
of prejudice).
3. Intersecting histories (e.g. spatial interconnections; co-operation
between religions).
4. Religious ‘communities’ as heterogeneous
Building on History: Religion in
London
www.open.ac.uk/buildingonhistory
http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/religion-in-london/ ;
http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/boh/
Contact:
Dr Gavin Moorhead (Research Assistant): [email protected]
Professor John Wolffe: [email protected]
Dr John Maiden: [email protected]