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Details for Dr Robert Skinner
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Robert Skinner |
| Job title | Lecturer |
| Department | Department of History (Historical Studies) University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | M.A., D.Phil |
| Professional details | |
| Keywords | religious activists apartheid anti-apartheid colonial experience decolonisation |
| Areas of expertise | My doctoral research was on the role of religious activists in the formation of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement during the 1950s. These activists played a crucial role in the development of a particular discourse of opposition to white supremacy and provided moral authority for anti-apartheid campaigns as they emerged at the end of the 1950s. While they drew upon a long tradition of humanitarian concern, they began to articulate a new way of speaking about colonial affairs that prioritised an "African point of view" and thus helped to lay the ideological foundations for a "post-imperial" world-view. This work reflects a general interest in the relationship between the colonial experience and British society and culture, particularly during the period of post-war decolonisation. My wider research interests focus on popular attitudes towards Africa and the development of international solidarity networks. |