'Obeah Histories: Exploring Caribbean Lives under Colonial Laws'
25 January 2013
Organised as part of the AHRC-funded project 'Spiritual Politics in Caribbean History' based at Newcastle University and run in conjunction with The National Archives, UK, this half-day workshop explores histories of Caribbean religion and its suppression from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.
Participants will explore original archival documents as well as look at images from The National Archives' Caribbean through a Lens project. The session focuses on Caribbean people’s practice of African-oriented religion and healing. Drawing on legislation and the stories of individuals who faced prosecution, we will investigate practices that were made illegal through colonial laws against ‘Obeah’ and against ‘Shouters’ (the Spiritual Baptist religion).
Venue: The National Archives, UK
Date: Friday, 25 January 2013 from 1pm until 5pm
For more information, venue details, and to book a place, visit http://obeahhistories.eventbrite.co.uk
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Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
National Archives celebrates 50 years of Caribbean independence
To commemorate 50 years of Jamaican and Trinidadian independence, The National Archives is publishing images from the Colonial Office photographic collection on Flickr, the photo sharing website.
The National Archives will be uploading images from nearly 20 countries from Monday, the anniversary of Jamaica's independence, to 31 August, the anniversary of the independence of Trinidad and Tobago.
Visit the Caribbean collection on Flickr to view the images. New countries will be added each week day, beginning with Antigua (8 August) and the Bahamas (9 August).
The hugely diverse collection spans the colonial period and the National Archives will continue to augment it over the course of this year with images from the Central Office of Information collection (catalogue reference: INF 10) to produce a unique resource for Caribbean history.
Some of images remain unidentified, so if you recognise people, places or incidents not in the descriptions, please let them knows in the comments section below the images
The National Archives will be uploading images from nearly 20 countries from Monday, the anniversary of Jamaica's independence, to 31 August, the anniversary of the independence of Trinidad and Tobago.
Visit the Caribbean collection on Flickr to view the images. New countries will be added each week day, beginning with Antigua (8 August) and the Bahamas (9 August).
The hugely diverse collection spans the colonial period and the National Archives will continue to augment it over the course of this year with images from the Central Office of Information collection (catalogue reference: INF 10) to produce a unique resource for Caribbean history.
Some of images remain unidentified, so if you recognise people, places or incidents not in the descriptions, please let them knows in the comments section below the images
Friday, 27 July 2012
Second tranche of "migrated archives" released
The National Archives and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) continue to transfer and release the colonial administration records, referred to as the 'migrated archives'. While it has been questioned how much new information is contained in these records, the records provide some insight into and have braodened knowledge about British policy and actions at "the end of Empire".
The second tranche of colonial administration records is now available to view in the reading rooms at The National Archives. This release contains records from Basutoland, the Cameroons, Ceylon, Cyprus, Fiji, the Gambia, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, and Gold Coast.
A guide to the newly-released files has been published on The National Archives' website and provides more information on how to search the records.
Guide to the second tranche of records (PDF, 0.35Mb)
The collection is part of record series FCO 141: Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Records of Former Colonial Administrations: Migrated Archives, and the records cover a wide range of subject matter relating to colonial administration, reflecting events in the territories generally pre-independence, and Her Majesty's Government's views at that time.
The second tranche of colonial administration records is now available to view in the reading rooms at The National Archives. This release contains records from Basutoland, the Cameroons, Ceylon, Cyprus, Fiji, the Gambia, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, and Gold Coast.
A guide to the newly-released files has been published on The National Archives' website and provides more information on how to search the records.
Guide to the second tranche of records (PDF, 0.35Mb)
The collection is part of record series FCO 141: Foreign and Commonwealth Office and predecessors: Records of Former Colonial Administrations: Migrated Archives, and the records cover a wide range of subject matter relating to colonial administration, reflecting events in the territories generally pre-independence, and Her Majesty's Government's views at that time.
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Colonial administration/migrated archives to be made available
The Foreign and COmmonwealth Office will soon be making available to the public a large collection of files from former British territories, sometimes known as the "migrated archives". The files will be made available between April 2012 and November 2013.
The Foreign Secretary made a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament on 5 May about the colonial administration files held by the FCO and subsequently informed Parliament on 30 June that he had appointed Professor Badger from Cambridge University as the Independent Reviewer.
Professor Badger has approved a timetable for the transfer of the migrated archive files to The National Archives (TNA). The first batch of files, representing around 16% of the total collection, is expected to be available at TNA in April 2012.
The files are being transferred in alphabetical order of the colonial territory concerned with the exception of prioritised release for Kenya, Cyprus, British India Ocean Territories (BIOT) and Malaya files where there has been particular interest.
Further details are available on the FCO website.
The Foreign Secretary made a Written Ministerial Statement to Parliament on 5 May about the colonial administration files held by the FCO and subsequently informed Parliament on 30 June that he had appointed Professor Badger from Cambridge University as the Independent Reviewer.
Professor Badger has approved a timetable for the transfer of the migrated archive files to The National Archives (TNA). The first batch of files, representing around 16% of the total collection, is expected to be available at TNA in April 2012.
The files are being transferred in alphabetical order of the colonial territory concerned with the exception of prioritised release for Kenya, Cyprus, British India Ocean Territories (BIOT) and Malaya files where there has been particular interest.
Further details are available on the FCO website.
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
British Cabinet Papers 1915-1980
The National Archives Cabinet Papers website provides free access to a major digital archive of British
government documents. Over half a million pages of papers, memos, minutes and reports covering all major British government cabinet, ministerial and prime minisers decisions from 1915-1980 can be read online at the National Archives website as part of a project funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) digitisation programme. All areas of British domestic and foreign policy can be traced and insight offered into government decision making processes. The site can be searched by keyword or browsed by theme.
Key topics include: the British Empire, decolonisation and the development of the Commonwealth; diplomacy, foreign policy and British involvement in the First and Second World wars.
The site also includes 'A' level teaching guides with suggested classroom activities; interactive maps of key political and social events and a who's who of prime ministers and key politicians.
government documents. Over half a million pages of papers, memos, minutes and reports covering all major British government cabinet, ministerial and prime minisers decisions from 1915-1980 can be read online at the National Archives website as part of a project funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) digitisation programme. All areas of British domestic and foreign policy can be traced and insight offered into government decision making processes. The site can be searched by keyword or browsed by theme.
Key topics include: the British Empire, decolonisation and the development of the Commonwealth; diplomacy, foreign policy and British involvement in the First and Second World wars.
The site also includes 'A' level teaching guides with suggested classroom activities; interactive maps of key political and social events and a who's who of prime ministers and key politicians.
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