Brick Lane Circle 
Working to help transform the intellectual landscape of the Bangladeshis in the UK and discover the shared common roots of Britain's diverse communities
Story of Bangladesh and Bangladeshi People at Home and in the Diaspora
Due to time constraints a report on the conference has yet to be completed. We plan to place a number of videos of the conference on the website.
Conference videos
Due to time constraints a report on the conference has yet to be completed. We plan to place a number of videos of the conference on the website.
Conference videos
Sarmila Bose's publications on the Bangladesh Liberation War 1971 and responses by critics and commentators
Brick Lane Circle's seminar on: How can we apply critical thinking to understand 1971?
By Sarmila Bose
Click to watch seminar video
Brick Lane Circle's seminar on: How can we apply critical thinking to understand 1971?
By Sarmila Bose
Click to watch seminar video
Welcome to website of Brick Lane Circle!
We hope you will find the website interesting, informative and stimulating. If you have any suggestions about how we can create opportunities for visitors to interact with materials posted and important debates and discussion we would like to hear from you.
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We hope you will find the website interesting, informative and stimulating. If you have any suggestions about how we can create opportunities for visitors to interact with materials posted and important debates and discussion we would like to hear from you.
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Ruhana Ali talks about the Battle of Plassey Young People’s Project and tea plantations in Sylhet by the East India Company
Ruhana Ali is a co-author of Plassey’s Legacy, who wrote a chapter on Tea: dividing politics, uniting heritage.
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Ruhana Ali is a co-author of Plassey’s Legacy, who wrote a chapter on Tea: dividing politics, uniting heritage.
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Dr. Georgie Wemyss talks about the East India Company and East India Docks
She is the author of
The Invisible Empire: White Discourse, Tolerance and Belonging
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She is the author of
The Invisible Empire: White Discourse, Tolerance and Belonging
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Amazing Bangladeshis - inspiring everyone to become extraordinary
How inspiring ideas can energise a people into undertaking extraordinary deeds
By Jebi Rahman
She is Programme Officer, BRAC UK. She recently took part in a seven day cycle challenge from Sylhet to Cox’s Bazaar to raise money for Vision Bangladesh, a BRAC and Sightsavers International initiative to eradicate avoidable blindness in Bangladesh by 2020. The tour was organised by Xperime Adventures and part sponsored by the Akij Group to raise awareness about climate change.
Jebi made an inspiring presentation at Brick Lane Circle’s launch event for the Amazing Bangladeshis initiative at the Idea Store Whitechapel on Thursday 16 December 2010, 7-9pm. This was the 39th Anniversary of the 1971 Liberation War Victory.
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How inspiring ideas can energise a people into undertaking extraordinary deeds
By Jebi Rahman
She is Programme Officer, BRAC UK. She recently took part in a seven day cycle challenge from Sylhet to Cox’s Bazaar to raise money for Vision Bangladesh, a BRAC and Sightsavers International initiative to eradicate avoidable blindness in Bangladesh by 2020. The tour was organised by Xperime Adventures and part sponsored by the Akij Group to raise awareness about climate change.
Jebi made an inspiring presentation at Brick Lane Circle’s launch event for the Amazing Bangladeshis initiative at the Idea Store Whitechapel on Thursday 16 December 2010, 7-9pm. This was the 39th Anniversary of the 1971 Liberation War Victory.
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Tea for the Raj: a History of Tea in Assam and Sylhet
By Roy Moxham
By Roy Moxham
He recently retired from the University of London. His most well-known book is The Great Hedge of India, part-travelogue, part-historical treatise on the author's quest to find a 1500-mile long customs hedge built by the British in India to prevent smuggling of salt and opium. His second book, Tea: Addiction, Exploitation and Empire focuses on the effect of British tea addiction on British policies in Asia and Africa, and includes the author's own experience as a tea plantation manager in Africa.
1st Seminar, 22 January 2009
2007 Annual Brick Lane Circle
SEMINARS ON BANGLADESH AND BANGLADESHIS ABROAD
Every Thursday, 7-9pm, 22 January - 9 April 2009
Lab 5, Idea Store Whitechapel, 321 Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1BU
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1st Seminar, 22 January 2009
2007 Annual Brick Lane Circle
SEMINARS ON BANGLADESH AND BANGLADESHIS ABROAD
Every Thursday, 7-9pm, 22 January - 9 April 2009
Lab 5, Idea Store Whitechapel, 321 Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1BU
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Post 1980 Drivers of Economic Change in Bangladesh
By Professor Mushtaq Khan
By Professor Mushtaq Khan
Professor of economics at School of African and Oriental Studies. He was born in Dhaka in 1961, completed his undergraduate studies in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford and then won a scholarship for his PhD studies in Economics at Cambridge. Previously he taught at the universities of both Oxford and Cambridge . Information about his research interests and publications are available on his website: http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff31246.php
5th Seminar, 15 February 2007
2007 Annual Brick Lane Circle
SEMINARS ON BANGLADESH AND BANGLADESHIS ABROAD
Every Thursday, 7-9pm, 18 January - 5 April 07
Whitechapel Sports Centre, Durwood Street, London E1 5BA
5th Seminar, 15 February 2007
2007 Annual Brick Lane Circle
SEMINARS ON BANGLADESH AND BANGLADESHIS ABROAD
Every Thursday, 7-9pm, 18 January - 5 April 07
Whitechapel Sports Centre, Durwood Street, London E1 5BA
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Battle of Plassey Day: 23 June every year
How should we remember 23 June 1757? This day in June this year will be 254 years after the Battle of Plassey when the English East India Company conquered Bengal, under the leadership of Robert Clive. The battle itself was quite an insignificant event, lasting only a day and fought on an unimportant field, about 100 miles north of Kolkata (Calcutta). However, it was a highly momentous event, being the springboard for and the beginning of the British Indian Empire. More ...
Walcot Hall, Shropshire
Robert Clive purchased Walcot estate in 1764 for £90,000 from his Bengal loot
How should we remember the day?
Battle of Plassey Day: 23 June every year
How should we remember 23 June 1757? This day in June this year will be 254 years after the Battle of Plassey when the English East India Company conquered Bengal, under the leadership of Robert Clive. The battle itself was quite an insignificant event, lasting only a day and fought on an unimportant field, about 100 miles north of Kolkata (Calcutta). However, it was a highly momentous event, being the springboard for and the beginning of the British Indian Empire. More ...
Walcot Hall, Shropshire
Robert Clive purchased Walcot estate in 1764 for £90,000 from his Bengal loot
How should we remember the day?
Thinking about Peace: Oral History and Testimony after the 1971 War of Bangladesh
We were all v
The presentation was very interesting, which generated heated interactions during the Q&A session. Many new areas were explored and fresh ideas presented as possible solutions to unresolved issues caused by the 1971 war. However, we could not take all the questions as we ran out of time. Hope we can continue the debate and discussion in the days, weeks, months and years to come.
More information on the seminar will be posted shortly, including a video.
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We were all v
The presentation was very interesting, which generated heated interactions during the Q&A session. Many new areas were explored and fresh ideas presented as possible solutions to unresolved issues caused by the 1971 war. However, we could not take all the questions as we ran out of time. Hope we can continue the debate and discussion in the days, weeks, months and years to come.
More information on the seminar will be posted shortly, including a video.
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Channel S Awards 2011
On the evening of 7 April 2011 Channel S held its annual awards at their mega studio in Walthamstow, where guests, celebrities and presenters created an amazing must be at event. Brick Lane Circle was among 19 categories of winners. The award to Brick Lane Circle was for Achievement in Education Research / Teaching, which was in recognition for publishing the book called Plassey's Legacy, researched and written by eight young people aged 18-25.
This initiative was part of a project ran by Brick Lane Circle called the Battle of Plassey Young People's Project, developed to encourage more research and learning about the shared past of Britain and Bengal / Bangladesh - funded by Heritage Lottery Fund. Further details of the project can be obtained by visiting www.the-eastindiacompany.org.
Three of the eight young researchers attended the event to collect the award if successful. They are: Lothifa Chowdhury, Ruhana Ali and Atif Kazi,who were thrilled when they found out that we won.
You can get the full list of winners of the Channel S Awards 2011 by clicking below:
Channel S Awards 2011
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On the evening of 7 April 2011 Channel S held its annual awards at their mega studio in Walthamstow, where guests, celebrities and presenters created an amazing must be at event. Brick Lane Circle was among 19 categories of winners. The award to Brick Lane Circle was for Achievement in Education Research / Teaching, which was in recognition for publishing the book called Plassey's Legacy, researched and written by eight young people aged 18-25.
This initiative was part of a project ran by Brick Lane Circle called the Battle of Plassey Young People's Project, developed to encourage more research and learning about the shared past of Britain and Bengal / Bangladesh - funded by Heritage Lottery Fund. Further details of the project can be obtained by visiting www.the-eastindiacompany.org.
Three of the eight young researchers attended the event to collect the award if successful. They are: Lothifa Chowdhury, Ruhana Ali and Atif Kazi,who were thrilled when they found out that we won.
You can get the full list of winners of the Channel S Awards 2011 by clicking below:
Channel S Awards 2011
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