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2008-07-17 14:40

Climate Injustice, Bangladesh and Coal Power

  A World Development Movement Seminar in conjunction with Brick Lane Circle Tuesday 29th July 2008, 7-9pm Idea Store, Labs 4 & 5, 321 Whitechapel Rd , London E1 1BU   Climate change is the most urgent issue facing humanity.  It is likely to have devastating effects for many...

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2008-06-29 10:37

BLC Workshop | An introduction to the India Office Records

by Dr Margaret Makepeace 7 July 08, 2.30-4.30pm The British Library, St Pancras, 96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB Dr Margaret Makepeace is a Senior Archivist in the India Office Records at The British Library and an author. She has researched various aspects of the history of the East India Company,...

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2008-06-23 09:32

Partition and South Asia's Diaspora?

2 July 2008, 7-9pm Seminar by Dr Joya Chatterji Venue: Lab 1&2, Idea Store Whitechapel, 321 Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1BU Dr Joya Chatterji was educated at the Universities of Delhi and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where she is now a Fellow and Lecturer in History. Her first book published...

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2008-06-02 09:32

The Battle that changed East End

   Brick Lane Circle is delighted to announce that it has received a grant of £46,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to engage a group of young people (18-25) to explore East London’s historical links with Bengal through researching and writing about the area’s East India Company...

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2008-06-01 21:38

‘251 years after the Battle’ Conference on the English East India Company

The Battle that changed East End   Sunday 22 June 08, 11am-5pm Lab 4 & 5, Idea Store Whitechapel 321 Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1BU   23 June 2008 will be the 251 years anniversary of the Battle of Plassey, a decisive day when the British conquered Bengal underthe leadership of Robert...

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2008-05-12 18:31

OPEN DAY - Sunday 01 June 2008 2pm - 5pm

The event will look at the scope of The Battle of Plassey Young People’s Project; local East India company sites and researching about thearea’s past links with Bengal. It will include presentations by Nick Robbins (author of The Corporation that Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped...

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2008-05-11 22:36

Aims and Objectives

The project will engage a group of young people (18-25) from diverse backgrounds to explore East London’s historical links with Bengal through researching and writing about the area’s East India Company sites. The context is the 250 Years Anniversary of the Battle of Plassey (23 June 1757), which...

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2008-04-10 19:00

SPECIAL COMEDY EVENING / DINNER / NETWORKING (Lab 4&5)

The Brick Lane Circle is organising a special comedy and networking evening to celebrate the culmination of its programme of events for Spring 2008. Thursday, 10 April 2008, 6.30pm - 9.00pm Lab 4 & 5, Idea Store, 321 Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1BU FREE ENTRY, Advance booking only!  For...

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2008-04-07 19:00

Migration from Bangladesh to Spain, class, adventure and danger

7 FEB - By Benjamin Zeitlyn, who studied MA in Migration Studies in 2003/4 (University of Sussex), researching on Bangladeshi community in Spain for his dissertation. Subsequently he went to Bangladesh to conduct research about migration from Bangladesh to Italy and Spain, where he spent six months...

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2008-04-04 13:50

The Battle of Plassey Young People’s Project

The project will engage a group of young people (18-25) from diverse backgrounds to explore East London’s historical links with Bengal through researching and writing about the area’s East India Company sites. The context is the 250 Years Anniversary of the Battle of Plassey (23 June 1757), which...

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