Rebordering Britain & Britons after Brexit
Who do we think we are?
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.
Hosted and produced by Michaela Benson.
Cover Art: George Kalivis
Production and post-production: Art of Podcast
All Episodes
13 May 2022
Beyond the Headlines ... with Dr Yvonne Su
18 Mar 2022
What can we learn about British citizenship from the Chagos Islanders?
25 Feb 2022
What do the children denied the right to nationality through their British parents tell us about citizenship?
4 Feb 2022
What do Clause 9 (Nationality and Borders Bill) and the history of citizenship deprivation in the UK tell us about Britishness today?
21 Jan 2022
What can English-language testing for the purposes of immigration and citizenship tell us about who counts as British today?
7 Jan 2022
What can the Hong Kong BN(O) visa tell us about borders and belonging in Britain today?
10 Dec 2021
What can the UK’s citizenship test tell us about the shape of Britishness today?
26 Nov 2021
How the British Nationality Act 1981 laid the foundations for a stateless population within Britain's borders
12 Nov 2021
How the Commonwealth Immigration Acts laid the foundations for the Windrush Deportation Scandal
9 Nov 2021
BONUS: Talking about citizenship in ‘Global Britain’
29 Oct 2021
What can the development of immigration legislation tell us about citizenship in Britain?
15 Oct 2021
Why we need to look at history to understand British citizenship today?
22 Sep 2021
TRAILER: Who do we think we are?