BA, PGCE, PhD

Profile

Ian Grosvenor is Professor of Urban Educational History. He is author of numerous articles and books on racism, education and identity, the visual in educational research, the material culture of education and the history of urban education. Books include, Assimilating Identities. Racism and Education in Post 1945 Britain (1997), Silences and Images. The Social History of the Classroom (1999) with Martin Lawn and Kate Rousmaniere, The School I’d Like (2003) and School (2008) both with Catherine Burke and Materialities of Schooling (2005) with Martin Lawn.

Research Interests

Current research focuses on new ways of conceptualising and presenting the educational past through consideration of issues relating to space, design, technology, the visual in education, artefacts and identity formation.

Current research projects include:

• AHRC Knowledge Transfer Fellowship 2007-2009: ‘Birmingham Stories: from communities of interpretation to communities of understanding’
• AHRC Museums and Galleries Research Grant award 2008-2010, ‘Suburban Birmingham: spaces and places: 1880-1960’ with Dr Richard Clay and Dr Fran Barry
• British Academy 2009-2010, ‘Documentary Film in Educational Research’ with Dr Paul Warmington, Professor Martin Lawn, Dr Catherine Burke, Professor Frank Simon, Dr Bruno Vanobbergen, Dr Angelo van Gorp and Dr Jeremy Howard.
•  ‘Children’s Lives’ research for an exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 2012.

Teaching and administration responsibilities

Supervising PhD and EdD students, contributing to Continuing Professional Development programmes (MEd/MA) and teaching on Undergraduate Education programmes.

Other professional appointments

He is Managing Editor of the international journal Paedagogica Historica, Secretary General of the European Educational Research Association and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. 

Publications 2001 - 2008 [pdf]