BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡//Events//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230405T132900Z DTSTART:20230503T160000Z DTEND:20230503T171500Z SUMMARY:The Social World of the School: Education and Community in Interwar London (DOMUS Seminar) UID:www.birmingham.ac.uk/201582 DESCRIPTION:DOMUS Seminar Series 2022 - 2023\n Professor Hester Barron, Professor of Modern History, University of Sussex What were schools for, why did they matter and what do they tell us about society?\n Hester will be talking about her recent book, published in August 2022, ‘The Social World of the School: Education and Community in Interwar London’.\n In it she shows how the lived experience of the classroom can illuminate the social history of interwar Britain. Focusing on elementary schools in London – where global, imperial, and national identities competed with local and family interests – she will discuss the growing role that schools played in communities and explore the social relationships that shaped modern Britain, centring schools as key drivers of social change. \n Please register to receive the link to ZOOM.\n This event is free to attend. All are welcome.\n LOCATION:Zoom STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:OPAQUE CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR