Academics are hoping to keep the work of a renowned research centre going after it was disbanded by a university amid cutbacks.
Staff and alumni of the University of Brighton’s Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories have started exploring ways to set up an autonomous organisation that will continue the centre’s scholarship and further the collaborations it established in its 15 years of operation.
CMNH is one of seven research centres closed by Brighton since May as part of a £17 million cost-saving plan, which also saw more than 100 academic jobs cut.
Graham Dawson, a former professor of historical cultural studies at Brighton who was the founding director of the centre, said its “shocking” loss was indicative of the university “shrinking its commitments”.
