Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160101059

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160101059

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Funded Activity Summary

Words and Their Consequences: Freedom of Expression in Britain, 1960-1979. This project plans to use contests over obscenity and racism as lenses to understand changes in freedom of expression in Britain during the 1960s and 1970s. What was the purpose of free speech? How did the liberty to write and read relate to ideas about personal autonomy? What effects do words have on those who read or hear them? Working with previously untapped archival material on regulating obscene publications and the passage of legislation against racial vilification, the project aims to provide a new history of the theory and practice of freedom of expression in modern Britain.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 31-12-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $132,651.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | British History

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Europe's Past |

Other Keywords

British History | Historical Studies | Understanding Europe's Past

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