History at Risk network first meeting
The first meeting of the HAR will happen online on the 24 September with informal discussions offered by our members. Feel free to share these details with interested colleagues. Friday 24 September 9am-10:30am BST Olwen Purdue Kalle Pihlainen Joanna Wojdon Catherine...
Manchester’s DNA: Creative work for Schools
Here are some resources for you to run creative sessions related to the Manchester's DNA project. Each session is self-explanatory and gives opportunity to creatively explore questions of identity, place, and family. They are introductory, encouraging sessions that...
‘Manchester’s DNA’ Schools Workshop
Manchester’s DNA: workshop for International Mother Language Day 2021
DNA and Creativity
As part of DNA Day 2020 we had an event called 'Family History, DNA and Creativity', an interview with the poet Reece Williams - you can see it here:...
Podcasts now available
The Double Helix History podcasts are now available: https://anchor.fm/jerome-de-groot/episodes/Double-Helix-History-Podcast-Episode-1-e932i4
The Human Genome in the Library
In ‘The Library of Babel’ (1941), Jorge Luis Borges imagines a vast library that contains ‘no two identical books’.[1] Instead, the library contains all books that might be printed using 22 characters plus the comma and the period: ‘each shelf contains thirty-five...
‘Family History and Creativity’ at the Manchester Central Library
This event was on the 15 November, hosted at the Manchester Central Library and featuring workshops by Reece Williams, Mariah Whelan, and Tessa Harris. Photographs of some of the cut-up poems that were made are below. The event was part of the Being Human festival...
DNA Day
We're planning a series of events for DNA Day 2020, the anniversary of Crick & Watson's paper in Nature describing the double helix structure of DNA. It is also 30 years since the beginning of the Human Genome Project. Events will take place all over Manchester...
Article in Who Do You Think You Are? magazine
My article on DNA and Family History - including discussion of ethics, global family history, and the pros and cons of DNA for genealogy - is now on the Who Do You Think You Are? magazine's website:...
Guest blog on DNA and ethics: Carolyn Huston
A guest blog on DNA, genealogy, ethics from Dr Carolyn Huston. Carolyn, a former GP, gives regular talks and workshops on family history and medicine, particularly with focus on death certificates. Here she gives us some reflections on DNA, health, and data. As an...
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