13-14 September 2010
British Library Conference Centre, St Pancras, London

Uncover and examine South Asian participation in literary and intellectual networks, art movements, and activist groupings during this under-explored period of Britain’s multicultural history.

Held in partnership with the British Library, the Making Britain conference will explore the formative contribution South Asian writers, activists and intellectuals made to shaping Britain’s literary, political and cultural life in the period 1870-1950. In so doing, it will highlight the research of the collaborative three year interdisciplinary research project Making Britain: South Asian Visions of Home and Abroad, 1870-1950, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council from 2007-2010 and linking The Open University with the Universities of Oxford, London and SALIDAA (South Asian Literature and Arts Archive).

Keynote speakers:
Humayun Ansari, Antoinette Burton, Susheila Nasta, Nayantara Sahgal and Rozina Visram.

Features:
Exhibition showcasing the historical contribution of Asians in Britain
Launch of the Making Britain database

More information can be found on the website.