Events

Upcoming Events

South Asian Britain: A Sound Bath and Discussion

22 July 2025, Chapter Arts (Cardiff)

In Cinema 2, Chapter Arts Centre (Cardiff), this free event launches the new digital resource South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories, in partnership with South Asian Heritage Trust for South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM) 2025. Click here to find out more and book tickets.

South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories – An Evening of Storytelling, Discussion and Sound

19 September 2025, British Library (London)

This event, featuring the project’s new digital resource, involves an evening of captivating readings, thought-provoking conversations, and an immersive oral history ‘sound bath’ that brings to life the rich and diverse ways South Asians have shaped British culture and society over the centuries. Click here to find out more and book tickets.

Past Events

Below you can find a selection of events hosted by the project, or participated in by a member or members of the project team.

School Workshop with Haberdashers’ Aske’s Federation Trust

2 July 2025 (London)

This event included a demonstration of the digital resource, as well as an interactive exploration of the website with the students.

‘Whose Voices?’, Oral History Society Annual Conference

6 June 2025 (Glasgow)

Maya Parmar and Aleena Din delivered the workshop ‘Voices from the Margins: South Asian Britain’, which included a sound bath featuring clips from the project’s oral history collection.

Post Office Cultures, University of Huddersfield

19 March 2025 (Online)

Aleena Din and Maya Parmar presented the paper ‘Researching South Asian Britain: Methods of Recovery and Preservation’ for a seminar series at the University of Huddersfield.

User Experience Workshops

February 2025 (Online and in-person)

The project team hosted multiple user experience workshops with wide-ranging audiences, including an online workshop with the general public and an in-person event at Manchester Central Library. The purpose was to gather feedback on various elements of the digital resource, to improve usability and accessibility.

Digital Public History in a Divided World- Stories, Collaborations, Complexities, Futures

12-13 September 2024 (Belfast)

Aleena Din delivered the paper ‘Digitising British-South Asian Histories: Visualisation, Access and Storytelling’ during a conference on digital humanities, hosted at Queen’s University, Belfast.

‘History and Archives in Practice’, Institute of Historical Research

6 March 2024 (Cardiff)

Aleena Din delivered the paper ‘Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks, 1830 to the Present: A Focus on Wales’ for a conference organised by the IHR.