BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv7.31.0//EN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://southasianheritage.org.uk/ X-WR-CALNAME:South Asian Heritage Trust X-WR-CALDESC:Celebrate Commemorate Educate X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=03;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=4SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC UID:MEC-17ae6739cdbe8fda7dbf9d8a18bb6de0@southasianheritage.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250717T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250717T194500 DTSTAMP:20250508T132902Z CREATED:20250508 LAST-MODIFIED:20250508 PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE SUMMARY:From Sylhet to Spitalfields: Bengali Squatters in 1970s east London DESCRIPTION:Hear from Dr Shabna Begum, sharing her research on the Bengali squatters movement in 1970s east London, and considering how it relates to anti-racist struggles today.\nHer research relies on oral history and archival research and explores how the recovery and sharing of radical community histories should be at the forefront of helping understand and navigate the persistent forms of racism today.\nDr Shabna Begum is CEO of the Runnymede Trust, the UK’s leading racial justice thinktank. She completed her doctoral research at Queen Mary University London, where she remains an honorary research fellow. She lived and grew up in Hackney and spent nearly 20 years working in a local secondary school, teaching politics.\nHer book will be on sale at the event if you wish to purchase a copy to be signed by the author.\n