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BA (HONS)

Geography & Asian Studies

 

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society

(FRGS)

 

 

 

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ABOUT CLIFF

 

Born in Mombasa, Kenya in 1960 a third generation Kenyan Goan, Clifford Pereira came to Britain in 1971.

 

EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT

 

Educated in Bexleyheath and worked in geophysics in Britain, Saudi Arabia and Oman (1980-1986). Completed a BA(Hon), majoring in Geography with Asian Studies at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland in 1989. After university Cliff worked in the Travel industry based in London. Since 2000 Cliff has worked on several history projects for the National Maritime Museum (2002-2004 & 2009), Bexley Local Studies (2004-2005) and most recently as Guest Curator and consultant on a number of projects for the Royal Geographical Society (RGS). He has been a consultant to the Bexley Heritage Trust, Heritage Lottery Fund, the Mayor’s Commission on African and Asian Heritage, Royal Dockyard Chatham and to the UNESCO Slave Route project. Cliff is presently part of the team on the British Goan Project. http://www.britishgoanproject.com/)

 

HONORARY POSITIONS

Awarded Honorary Research Assistantship (HRA) to the Geography Department of Royal Holloway, University of London 2010-2013.

 

RELEVANT SOCIETY/CLUB MEMBERSHIP

 

Chair of the Black and Asian Studies Association (2009-2010)

Member of the Association of American Geographers (2008).

Committee Member of the Black & Asian Studies Association (August 2001).

Chair of the Harbour Trust (2001-2006)

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (1991).

Member of the Anglo-Portuguese Society (1979).

 

 VOLUNTEER ROLES

 

In a volunteer capacity Cliff has been involved in many aspects of the heritage sector in the London Borough of Bexley, and he has been been instrumental in the development and delivery of service provision for people living with HIV/AIDS in Southeast London for over a decade.