Undercurrents
Undercurrents is a regular podcast series featuring interviews with Chatham House experts - and others - about the critical underlying issues which are shaping modern society. Hosted by staff from across the institute, each episode goes in-depth on a topic, looking beyond the news to explore the issues shaping global politics.
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Jun 25, 2020
In the first of two episodes this week, Agnes takes a deep dive into the politics of statues with historian Dr Charlotte Riley and Yusuf Hassan from the Africa Programme at Chatham House. They discuss the recent removal of the statue of slave-trader and philanthropist Edward Colston in Bristol, UK, and more broadly consider the significance of statues as public history.
Read the Article:
Don't Worry About 'Re-Writing History': It's Literally What We Historians Do
Credits:
Speakers: Yusuf Hassan, Charlotte Riley
Hosts: Agnes Frimston, Ben Horton
Sound Editor: Jamie Reed
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