About this event
In postwar Britain, the rise of television as a new technology and cultural form transformed the political landscape, redefining the sites and styles of political communication and creating spaces for viewer participation. Grassroots organizations, like the British Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM), leveraged television’s potential to foster new forms of presentation, perception, and civic participation.
In this event, Tal Zalmanovich will discuss her monograph, Broadcasting Apartheid: British Television and the Anti-Apartheid Campaign, 1950–1990, with Saul Dubow and Suzanne Franks, and Lucy McCann will describe how the AAM archive came into being.
Speakers
- Tal Zalmanovich is a Research Fellow at the University of Haifa. She is the author of Broadcasting Apartheid: British Television and the Anti-Apartheid Campaign, 1950–1990 (OUP, 2025).
- Saul Dubow is Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History at the University of Cambridge.
- Suzanne Franks is Emerita Professor of Journalism at City St Georges, University of London.
- Lucy McCann is Senior Archivist at the Bodleian Libraries.
- Moderator: Dina Fainberg is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at City St Georges, University of London.
Event information
- This event takes place in person in the Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre at the Weston Library.
- The Weston Library is wheelchair accessible. Find out more about accessibility at our site.
- Please note: only bottled water is permitted in the lecture theatre. No food or other drinks are allowed.
