Dr AnneMarie Brosnan, Associate Professor in the History of Education at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick joins Oliver Mumford to discuss her latest book: A Contested Terrain: Freedpeople’s Education in North Carolina During the Civil War, examining the education experiences of Black North Carolinians through the American Civil War and Reconstruction period. The episode will discuss Dr Brosnan’s research into the diverse motivations, forces and experiences that drove educational efforts amongst freedpeople in a period of great change in the United States of America.

In this two-part instalment of Passing Notes Oliver Mumford is joined by Professor Tim Allender of the University of Sydney to discuss his award-winning book Empire Religiosity: Convent habits in colonial and postcolonial India. Professor Allender’s research considers how the Loreto Sisters - Roman Catholic female missionaries - operated in colonial and postcolonial India to carry out their educational mission.

In part two Professor Allender explores how the Loreto sisters worked as both outsiders and products of empire, and how they negotiated and worked within a colonial world. The episode follows the history of the order in India from their foundation to the present, considering the history of the order in shaping their contemporary role.

In this two-part instalment of Passing Notes Oliver Mumford is joined by Professor Tim Allender of the University of Sydney to discuss his award-winning book Empire Religiosity: Convent habits in colonial and postcolonial India. Professor Allender’s research considers how the Loreto Sisters - Roman Catholic female missionaries - operated in colonial and postcolonial India to carry out their educational mission.

In part one Professor Allender discusses the background and origins of his book, some of the unique challenges and opportunities that arose when researching this work, and the historical context behind the consolidation of the Loreto Sisters in nineteenth century Kolkata.