HIV and AIDS activism in Bloomsbury and beyond during the 1980s and 1990s
If you happened to be walking on the shingle beach of Dungeness on 22 September 1991, you may have witnessed a curious event: a group of gay men dressed as nuns preforming a ceremony with the visual artist Derek Jarman, an alumnus of the Slade School of Fi
A. E. Housman at UCL: an austere Latin professor whom students adored
In the summer of 2024, I undertook a research fellowship with Generation UCL. I analysed two relevant oral history interviews and researched A. E. Housman’s connection to UCL (through the lens of student experience). This blog post aims to present the key findings from that research.
Beyond the Confines: What an Oral History Interview Inspired in Me
Taking part in Generation UCL: 200 years of student life in London as an EPSURF researcher is probably the most exciting memory I have from this summer. I want to use this blog as an opportunity to look back at this journey and, more importantly, to reflect on a specific oral history interview recording with a UCL alumnus.
Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life – a multi-disciplinary research experience
My research fellowship on Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life in London in the summer of 2024 was incredibly fruitful. I gained interesting insights into the past international student life at UCL by accessing the oral history archive and got a taste of doing research in the field of education and history.
A History of Anti-Apartheid Student Activism at UCL
For the first half of 2024, UCL students have been organising demonstrations against Israel’s attacks on Gaza. In May 2024, they joined university students across the world in establishing an encampment on the Main Quad led by the society Students for Justice in Palestine.