The Raphael Samuel History Centre has been relaunched in September 2008 as a three-way partnership between the University of East London (UEL), Birkbeck, University of London and the Bishopsgate Institute.

The partnership will enable an expansion of the Centre's existing work, as well as some new departures. There are plans for new research projects into the Thames gateway and domesticity in the capital, a new urban studies seminar, a London local history database, and 'Young Historians' events for schools. The aim is to for the centre to become a national hub for historians working at all levels.

The current Raphael Samuel History Centre programme, including the successful annual Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture, this year being given by Jerry White, will continue.

Existing links with other institutions will be strengthened and new connections fostered both within and beyond the university sector, with the aim of transforming the Raphael Samuel History Centre into one of the UK's most dynamic centres for historical research.

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