The fourth and final film in Whose History? is now live on the University of Liverpool website. In ‘Let Her Witness It’, we present Mary E. Webb, reimagining the performances she gave during her reading tour of Britain in the 1850s. Like all the films in this series, ‘Let Her Witness It’ has been shaped … Continue reading And finally…
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Here’s your opportunity…
…to see a different world! The third film in our Whose History? series, ‘eJoy of Cooking’, is now live on the University of Liverpool website. Allow yourself to be transported on journeys through food, place, and memory by Sherry and Richard, as they reflect on their experiences of cooking and eating at home in China … Continue reading Here’s your opportunity…
Greg Quiery’s ‘Vanished’: Poetry, Memory, and Loss
In just a few days, on Tuesday 26 October, we’ll be screening ‘2600’ at the Liverpool Irish Festival and discussing its aims and contexts, and the wider questions of history, memory, and commemoration it involves. As we prepare for that online event, we wanted to share this special recording of the poet and historian Greg … Continue reading Greg Quiery’s ‘Vanished’: Poetry, Memory, and Loss
‘2600’ is live! And it’s coming soon to the LIF
The second film in the Whose History? series, '2600', is now live! Our living memorial to the 2,600 anonymous migrants who fled the Famine in Ireland in the 1840s, and died in Liverpool, features 26 individuals or family groups connected to the Institute of Irish Studies and the University of Liverpool. On a very hot … Continue reading ‘2600’ is live! And it’s coming soon to the LIF
Black History Month inspires
While our work on the four films in Whose History? is complete, and we’re now in the new and exciting phase of releasing them (the first, ‘Hey Joe’ went live on the University of Liverpool website last week), we continued to be moved and inspired by stories which resonate with those we set out to … Continue reading Black History Month inspires
And we’re live! Say hello to ‘Hey Joe’
We are delighted to announce that Whose History? is now live! And the first film in the series, the brilliant, moving 'Hey Joe', is available to view. We're immensely grateful to our hosts, partners, and funders at the Institute of Irish Studies and the University of Liverpool, and immensely proud of our fantastic team who … Continue reading And we’re live! Say hello to ‘Hey Joe’
It’s almost time…
We are extremely excited to announce that Whose History? will be going live on the University of Liverpool website this week. Stay tuned here for more details! And in the meantime, you may like to read more about the backgrounds to our four films in our Inspiration and Recommendations section. More news soon…
Museums and Memory 3: Western Approaches Museum
We know that museums make decisions about how they represent history, and how they allow their visitors to access and experience it. In the last of our posts this week about Liverpool's museums, we visit Liverpool's World War 2 Museum, Western Approaches, which is discreetly concealed on Rumford Street, just behind Exchange Flags. The museum … Continue reading Museums and Memory 3: Western Approaches Museum
Museums and Memory 2: Liverpool 8 Against Apartheid at the Museum of Liverpool
In the second of our posts this week highlighting items on display in Liverpool's museums which connect with themes we've been exploring in Whose History?, today we visit an exhibit in the Museum of Liverpool's People's Republic gallery. Liverpool 8 Against Apartheid is a community display, created in partnership with the Mandela8 group as part … Continue reading Museums and Memory 2: Liverpool 8 Against Apartheid at the Museum of Liverpool
Museums and Memory 1: Shane D’Allessandro’s ‘Contributions’ at the International Slavery Museum
We have been working on Whose History? for a year now - our first recce of the university's South Campus was in late August 2020. Since then, as we've developed the project and found our focus in the four films we'll be releasing next month, we've maintained our broader view on questions of how we … Continue reading Museums and Memory 1: Shane D’Allessandro’s ‘Contributions’ at the International Slavery Museum
Sidelong Glance 