Professor Gary McCulloch joins Oliver Mumford to discuss the life and work of Brian Simon, following Professor McCulloch’s recent biography of Brian Simon, authored with Antonio F. Canales and Hsiao-Yuh Ku. The episode explores the life of Brian Simon through his family life and educational experiences, his political engagement and beliefs, campaigns for equal secondary opportunities through comprehensive schooling and his contribution to the study and understanding of the history of education in Britain.

In this episode Oliver Mumford speaks with the Chair of Trustees at the National Education Museum, Anne Swift. Anne discusses the ideas behind the Museum's foundation, its development, and future. The significance of a new national museum, dedicated to the history of education in England and Wales is considered along with its current relevance.

Note: This episode was recorded before the 4th July UK General Election. Guest references to the 'present government' were made with regard to the previous (Conservative) government.

In this episode Professor Rosalind Crone of the Open University joins Oliver Mumford to discuss her book Illiterate Inmates: Educating Criminals in Nineteenth Century England. The book was awarded the 2023 Anne Bloomfield Prize by the History of Education Society UK, and examines the development, rise, and decline of prison education in England between 1800 and 1899. Discussing her research, Professor Crone reflects on the ideas, politics, and changes behind prison education, and some of its legacies today.

Professor Catherine Lee of Anglia Ruskin University in conversation with Syeda Ali about her research into Section of the Local Government Act which was passed in the UK in 1988.  The law prohibited the 'promotion' of 'homosexuality' by local authorities in state schools  and was the first anti gay-propaganda law. Lee reflects on her time as teacher during Section 28, and subsequently as a researcher and campaigner for LGBTQ+ teachers'.

To accompany the 50th Anniversary special edition of the History of Education Journal, we spoke to some of the contributors.  These podcasts focus on two of the themes in the journal:
Geographical historiographies of education and
Thematic intersections with the history of education.
Episode 4 - Intersections: Histories of Science and Technology
In this episode, Roland Wittje, Associate Professor in History of Science and Technology, IIT Madras illuminates his unique perspective on histories of science and technology and science education, developed through his own early training as a scientist and a passion for the value of material cultures in the history of education .  You can find out more in his article, Relocating education in the history of science and technology.
Themes include material cultures, science education, transnational education, textbooks.
Recorded in conversation with Michael Donnay in 2022 and produced by Syeda Ali, May 2023.

To accompany the 50th Anniversary special edition of the History of Education Journal, we spoke to some of the contributors.  These podcasts focus on two of the themes in the journal:
Geographical historiographies of education and
Thematic intersections with the history of education.
Episode 3 - Intersections: Histories of Medicine and Health
In this episode, Laura Newman, Postdoctoral research associate at Kings College, University of London, engages the listener with a fascinating tour of themes in the history of medicine and health and how these intersect, diverge and enrich possibilities for the history of education.  You can find out more in her article  Bodies of Knowledge: Historians, Health, and Education.
Themes include gender and sexuality, the hidden curriculum, practitioner historians, cheese and the postal service!
Recorded in conversation with Michael Donnay in 2022 and produced by Syeda Ali, May 2023.

To accompany the 50th Anniversary special edition of the History of Education Journal, we spoke to some of the contributors.  These podcasts focus on two of the themes in the journal:
Geographical historiographies of education and
Thematic intersections with the history of education.
Episode 2- Geography
In this episode, Johannes Westberg, Professor of Theory and History of Education at the University of Groningen, presents a lucid overview of  the state of the field in the Nordics, to introduce his article, Bright Nordic Lights: A revitalized interdisciplinary history of education in the massified higher education of the Nordics.
Themes include epistemologies, institutional settings, questions of Nordic identity, language, and  culture.  
Recorded in conversation with Michael Donnay in 2022 and produced by Syeda Ali, May 2023.

To accompany the 50th Anniversary special edition of the History of Education Journal, we spoke to some of the contributors.  These podcasts focus on two of the themes in the journal:
Geographical historiographies of education and
Thematic intersections with the history of education.
Episode 1 - Geography
In this episode, Desmond Ikenna Odugu, Associate Professor of Education at Lake Forest College in Illinois presents a comprehensive discussion of the context for his article, Education in Africa: A Critical Historiographic Overview.  
Themes include post-colonialism, oral history, schooling, epistemology, language, and  culture.  
Recorded in conversation with Michael Donnay in 2022 and produced by Syeda Ali, May 2023.

We’re back today with our second of three episodes looking at the performing arts in education. In this episode, we move forward to the nineteenth century to look at theatre in Jesuit schools in the United States. 

My guest this week, who will walk us through this history, is Michael Zampelli, SJ. Michael is a theatre director and historian at Fordham University, where he also directs the MA Philosophy and Society . His research interests include gender and sexuality in performance, antitheatricality, Jesuit performance history - his recent work has focused on the Jesuit performance tradition in the nineteenth and twentieth century United States. Alongside his research work, he has directed productions of several Jesuit-inspired pieces from the early modern period.

A transcript of the episode is available at the History of Education Society website, along with more information about our events, publications and conferences. You can follow the History of Education Society UK on Twitter and keep up-to-date with the latest research in The History of Education journal.