{"id":21,"date":"2014-05-07T12:16:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T12:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/onebook\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2015-09-28T10:10:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T10:10:29","slug":"20142015-get-involved","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/onebook\/20142015-get-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Get involved (2014-15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 600\">There are plenty of different ways that you can get your copy of this year\u2019s book,\u00a0<em>Empire<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All 2014\/2015 freshers\u00a0can get\u00a0a free\u00a0copy of the book. Just head down to John Smith&#8217;s bookshop\u00a0on campus to\u00a0get your copy.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/library\" target=\"_blank\">Hartley Library<\/a>\u00a0will be stocking copies of the book for you to borrow.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnsmith.co.uk\/soton\" target=\"_blank\">John Smith\u2019s bookshop<\/a>\u00a0has a large stock of\u00a0<em>Empire<\/em>, which you can buy.<\/li>\n<li>You can also buy the book from any high street and online stores.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, please do share any copies of the book around \u2013 we would encourage as many copies as possible to be passed throughout our community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to our downloadable discussions on <em>Empire <\/em>from academics in History at the University:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Christopher Prior and John McAleer, an <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/onebook\/files\/2014\/05\/Empire.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">introduction to\u00a0<em>Empire<\/em><\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Christer Petley and Christopher Prior, on the topic of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/onebook\/files\/2014\/05\/Petley-Slavery-podcast.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>slavery<\/strong><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/onebook\/files\/2014\/05\/Petley-Slavery-podcast.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"> within <em>Empire<\/em><\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Christer Petley and Christopher Prior, on the topic of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/onebook\/files\/2014\/05\/Petley-podcast-abolition.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>abolition within <em>Empire<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Attend\u00a0events that are taking place across the University:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/socsci\/news\/events\/2015\/03\/the-marshall-lecture-professor-bhambra.page\" target=\"_blank\">The Marshall Lecture<\/a>:\u00a0\u2018Paxman Britannica\u2019: Empire, Sociology, and Postcolonial Reconstruction by\u00a0Professor Gurminder K. Bhambra, 18:15,\u00a0Thursday 19 March 2015<\/li>\n<li>Study day: The Great War and the European Empires, 10.00 &#8211; 17.30, Saturday 20 June 2015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you have an event, or would like to run an event in relation to this year&#8217;s One Book? If so, we would like to hear from you and will help you advertise it on these pages. Please <a href=\"mailto:D.R.Brown@soton.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get the discussion going between your friends or on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unisouthampton\" target=\"_blank\">social media<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What was the British empire?<\/li>\n<li>How have the histories of colonialism, imperialism and empire shaped British people?<\/li>\n<li>How should Britons today confront the enormities associated with their empire in the past, like slavery, the conquest of aboriginal lands and racism?<\/li>\n<li>What\u2014if any\u2014aspects of Britain\u2019s imperial and colonial past are proper subjects for celebration in the present?<\/li>\n<li>What are the lasting global legacies of the empire, and how might the practices and failings of British imperialism serve as examples or warnings for our own generation?<\/li>\n<li>Were Scotland and its people subject to an English imperialism or active participants in the British empire . . . or both?<\/li>\n<li>Why does the history of the British empire continue to generate such intense interest from historians and members of the public\u2014and why does this field remain so controversial and emotionally charged?<\/li>\n<li>Is Britain today a post-imperial nation?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are plenty of different ways that you can get your copy of this year\u2019s book,\u00a0Empire. All 2014\/2015 freshers\u00a0can get\u00a0a free\u00a0copy of the book. Just head down to John Smith&#8217;s bookshop\u00a0on campus to\u00a0get your copy. The\u00a0Hartley Library\u00a0will be stocking copies of the book for you to borrow. John Smith\u2019s bookshop\u00a0has a large stock of\u00a0Empire, which you can buy. 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