Michaela Benson - Who do we think we are?

Who do we think we are?

Education EN ↓ 52 afleveringen

From Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, to the Windrush deportation scandal citizenship and the responsibilities of the UK government to the people of Hong Kong, it seems that citizenship and migration in Britain are never far from the headlines. Who do we think we are? explores all of this and more. Join Professor Michaela Benson and her guests as they debunk taken-for-granted understandings of who is a citizen and who is a migrant in Britain today.

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Auteur

Michaela Benson - Who do we think we are?

Categorie

Education

Website van de podcast

whodowethinkweare.libsyn.com

Nieuwste aflevering

19 dec. 2025

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Afleveringen

S1 E1 Why we need to look at history to understand British citizenship today? 15.10.2021 25:48

Did you know that the current definition of British citizenship is only 40 years old? Who do we think we are? starts its exploration of British citizenship by looking at the history of British citizenship, and how remembering that the question of who counts as British has changed alongside shifts in Britain's position in the world might make us think again about these questions and their consequen...

TRAILER: Who do we think we are? 22.09.2021 6:55

Who do we think we are? is a podcast focussed on the conversations we need to be having about British citizenship today. It tells the story of how British citizenship developed and why this matters for questions of migration, citizenship and belonging in Britain today. The trailer identifies some of the issues covered in the series, from the removal of birthright citizenship through the British Na...