Dr Hannah Elias

hannah.elias@history.ox.ac.uk

I am a historian of race, faith and culture in Modern Britain. My academic research interests include: race and anti-racism in the twentieth century; histories of religion; Black British history; questions of identity, belonging and multiculturalism; media and propaganda. I am currently working on an academic monograph entitled Race, Religion and Anti-Racism: A History of Britain, 1960-1995 which explores the place of religious belief, communities and networks in the development of Britain’s anti-racist movement. I am developing new research on Britain’s multi-faith history, and the rich plurality of religious identities, worldviews and practices that have been woven into British communities. I am also interested in the scope and limitations of England’s national school curriculum. 

From 2021-24, I was the Principal Investigator of an AHRC-funded project dedicated to understanding innovative methods for diversifying, decolonising and de-centring British history education across the four nations of the UK, which was supported by the Runnymede Trust, Royal Historical Society, Institute of Historical Research, Historical Association, History Workshop Online and the Raphael Samuel History Centre.