Paul Dudman

Mr Paul Dudman

Archivist

Library and Learning Services , School Of Education And Communities

Qualifications

  • MScEcon in Archives Administration from Aberystwyth University
  • MScEcon in Information and Library Studies from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth
  • BA (Hons) Degree in History from the University of Southampton

Areas Of Interest

My research interests are focused on refugee history and the role of archives in documenting and preserving the personal narratives and life histories of migration.

Paul Dudman

OVERVIEW

Paul V Dudman has been the Archivist at the UEL Archives for over 18 years, and whose archives include the British Olympic Association Archive; East London People’s Archive; Hackney Empire Theatre Archive; and the Refugee Council Archive. Paul has worked on several archival civic engagement projects exploring issues surrounding the ethical documentation of migration narratives and the role of theatre as means of performing and representing narratives as a tool for empowerment and social change.

External roles

Paul is involved with activities within the fields of archives and refugee/migration issues. Paul is the Editor for the journal Displaced Voices: A Journal of Archives, Migration and Cultural Heritage hosted on our Living Refugee Archive online portal. Additionally, Paul is a co-convenor of the IASFM (International Association for the Study of Forced Migration) Working Group on the History of Forced Migration and Refugees: An International Working Group for Archiving and Documentation

Paul is also an external dissertation examiner at the Centre for Archive and Information Studies at the University of Dundee. Paul is also actively involved with the UEL Centre for Research on Refugees, Migration and Belonging, (CMRB).

CURRENT RESEARCH

My current research focuses on our Documenting Chile Archive project which represents a participatory and community-focused archive project engaging with the Chilean community both within London and across the United Kingdom. Further information on this project is available though the Living Refugee Archive.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal articles

  • Documenting the undocumented: International engagement, archives and preserving the refugee experience (part one)

Dudman, Paul V.. 2017. ARC Magazine.  (329), pp. 8-9..

  • Digital Archives of Refugee History: Resources, Challenges and Opportunities

Dudman, Paul V. 2017. Refugee History.

  • Beyond borders: reflections on the SAA Conference in San Diego

Dudman, Paul V. 2013. ARC Magazine. (282), pp. 21-23.

  • How can archives document, preserve and make accessible the material culture and first-hand testimonies of refugees through civic engagement

Dudman, Paul V.. 2016.  Citizens Voices. (4), pp. 20..

  • Hidden Histories, Forgotten Narratives

Dudman, Paul V. 2016. Refugee History.

  • Paradoxical narratives of transcultural encounters of the "other": Civic engagement with refugees and migrants in London

Hashem, Rumana and Dudman, Paul V.. 2016.  Transnational Social Review. 6(1-2), pp. 192-199. Link

  • Crafting Resistance: Preserving and Exhibiting the Legacy of Human Rights Resistance through the Art of Chilean Political Prisoners

Dudman, Paul V. 2018. Citizens Voices. (10), pp. 14-18.

  • Supporting Asylum Seekers and Refugees for Two Decades: Initiatives by the University of East London and Refugee Council Archive

Dudman, Paul V and Hashem, Rumana. 2018. Refugee History.

  • Archives, agency and activism: The past and the present in refugee history at the IASFM conference

Dudman, Paul V.. 2018. Citizens Voices. (11), pp. 17-20.

  • Contested Histories, Intangible Heritage: Human Rights and The German Occupation Memorial and Eleven Emlekmű (Eleven Memorial) in Budapest, Hungary

Dudman, Paul V. 2019. Citizens Voices. (12), pp. 24-29.

  • #volsecarchives: Human rights in records and the Campaign for Voluntary Sector Archives

Dudman, Paul V.. 2019. Citizens Voices. (13), pp. 20-27.

  • "Don’t give me more ideas, I'm too creative!": Interview with poet, artist and activist Sonia Quintero

Dudman, Paul V.. 2019. Citizens Voices. (13), pp. 10-15..

  • Metadata for information management and retrieval: understanding metadata and its use

Dudman, Paul V. 2019. Archives and Records. pp. 1-3. Link

  • Documenting the Undocumented: Archiving and recording the refugee experience

Dudman, Paul V.. 2019. NCPH History@Work.

  • Oral History and Collective Memory: Documenting Refugee Voices and the Challenges of Archival Representation.(Forthcoming)

Dudman, Paul V. 2019. Atlanti +.

  • ‘Archiving Displacement and Identities: Recording Struggles of the Displaced Re/making Home in Britain’, in Migration, Culture and Identity. 1st edition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (Politics of Citizenship and Migration (POCM)). Available at: https://link.springer.com/book/9783031120848 (Accessed: 7 November 2022).

Hashem, R., Dudman, P.V. and Shaw, T. (2022)

MODULES

Paul is a Guest Lecturer on the Following Modules:

  • SY5015: Human Mobility, Forced Migration and Social Change.
  • SY7007: Introduction to Conflict, Displacement and Human Security.

Publications

The last four years of publications can be viewed below. 

Full publications list

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Research repository