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King's Past

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The King's Past project explores the history of King's College London and its national and global connections. It is an initiative that seeks to investigate and publicise this past in new ways: through detailed historical investigation of thirteen key moments integral to the King's story, the project seeks to reveal the contradictions in an institution that has benefited from the exploitation of enslaved people and from colonial oppression and yet has also offered a route for people from marginalised populations to access opportunity and power. The project is a platform for that process of research and communication, bringing together research and researchers, from undergraduates to senior professors, interested in excavating the history of King's College London and its local, national and global connections. Based in the Department of History, King's Past is part of the Global Cultures Institute. Its online platform charts the history of King's through these moments and holds a database of people, organisations, places, events and donations.

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Contact details

King's College London, Strand
London
Greater London
WC2R 2LS
Website: https://kingspast.kcl.ac.uk/
Public email: kingspast@kcl.ac.uk
  • @kingspastkcl

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Type

  • University-based infrastructure
  • Project

Tags

  • History tag
  • Digital humanities tag
  • Public history (keyword) tag
  • Colonialism (keyword) tag
  • Slavery (keyword) tag

Parent infrastructure(s)

Global Cultures Institute, King's College London

The Global Cultures Institute at King's College London starts from what it describes as a moment of polarising cultural division and asks how routes can be found around, through or across cultural bou… read more about Global Cultures Institute, King's College London

King's College London, Strand
London
WC2R 2LS

University affiliation(s)

King's College London (KCL)
London

Last modified:

2026-09-30 15:05:16

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