History Conferences for March 2010

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Date		Location
19 - 20	Making the British Empire, 1660-1800 This conference will bring together a number of leading scholars of imperial history, in order to offer new perspectives on the early phase in the development of the British empire. Outlining the fruits of the most recent research in this field, the...	London, UK
19 - 20	George Orwell, a political conscience of the XXth century This George Orwell conference will look at George Orwell's intellectual legacy. While the list is not exhaustive, suggestions for papers dealing with any of the following themes will be welcome: Orwell's view of colonialism, and of the...	Lille, France
20 - 23	Questioning 'Credible Commitment': Re-thinking the Glorious Revolution and the Rise of Financial Capitalism In 1989, North and Weingast argued that the establishment of parliamentary supremacy over public finance created an environment in which investors could rely upon the state to meet its financial promises. This conference will draw together...	Cambridge, UK
21 - 22	Governments-in-Exile and the Jews during the Second World War The Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton is organizing a research project which will explore the responses of the anti-Hitler Allies to the Jewish plight during the Second World War. An...	Southampton, UK
22 - 24	York 1190: Jews and Others in the wake of Massacre This conference will use the events of 1189-90 as a lens through which to reassess society in England in the later twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. The York massacre was not just a local event but one of a series of violent attacks on...	York, UK
22	Modern Records:challenges and opportunities The Conference will examine the challenges and opportunities posed by modern records of religion. We shall explore the documentary legacy of Pentecostalist churches in Britain and learn about a project which has been recording oral memories, and...	St Pancras, Euston Road, London NW1
24	"Refugees' Journeys" Hanna Diamond, author of 'Fleeing Hitler', on 'Photographic Narratives of Refugees in France. 1939-40' and Christophe Declercq on 'Horsemeat on your Table: the Peculiar Intricacies of Belgian Refugees in Britain during WWI'. Wednesday 24 March...	University of Westminster - 309 Regent Street - London W1B 2UW.
25 - 26	Urban History Group Annual Conference - Transgressive Cities: Practices and Place This conference explores the relationships between practices of resistance and transgression and the exercise of authority in urban spaces. Participants are invited to consider the implications of Lewis Mumford’s understanding of the city as a stage...	Durham, UK
26 - 27	Poetry, Politics and Pictures in the Nineteenth Century This interdisciplinary conference at the University of Sheffield aims to bring together the different scholarly ways of approaching the Victorian period and to examine their points of crossover and divergence. From ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade...	Sheffiled, United Kingdom
26 - 27	The 'Wind of Change': Fifty years on. Britain and the End of Empire in the 1950s and 1960s A Conference organized by the Departments of History at University of East Anglia and King’s College London to mark the 50th Anniversary of Harold Macmillan’s Landmark Speech To be held at the University of East Anglia2010 marks the 50th anniversary...	University of East Anglia. Norwich, England
26 - 27	The Hudson Trust Conference in Naval History - Navies in War and Peace, 1754-1989 Recent years have seen a new expansion of naval history. With new aspects of the subject being researched and current perspectives being expanded, the attraction of the subject to new scholars has grown, and in response fresh and innovative...	Oxford, UK
26 - 27	Poetry, Politics and Pictures in the Nineteenth Century Poetry, Politics and Pictures in the Nineteenth Century Provisional ProgrammeRegistration open: £70 full fee (£50 postgraduate fee).See: https://sites.google.com/site/poetrypoliticspictures/ Friday 26th March 9:15-9:45: Coffee and...	Sheffield
26	Neighbourly Denunciation Neighbourly Denunciation Fratricide and Fraternité: Understanding and Repairing Neighbourly Atrocity Mellon Sawyer Seminar Series 2:00pm Session 1 Spiritual Insecurity and Neighbourly Violence: Resisting Satanic Bloodsuckers in Malawi Adam...	London, UK
27	Religion and Modern British History Symposium Following the success of similar day conferences in 2009, the Modern British History Network is planning an exciting new event for next year’s schedule. In March 2010 we will sponsor our first symposium on ‘Religion and Modern British History’....	Edinburgh, UK
27	Charity Begins at Home: Approaches to the History of Domestic Space and Voluntary Action Postgraduates and early career researchers are invited to propose papers for this one day workshop. We welcome papers that discuss the speaker’s experience addressing issues in their own research on charity and the home.Voluntarism in the...	Coventry, UK
29 - 31	British Association of South Asian Studies Annual Conference British Association of South Asian Studies Annual Conference	Coventry, UK
30	Recording Leisure Lives: Holidays and Tourism in 20th century Britain This is the third annual ‘Recording Leisure Lives’ conference presented by the University of Bolton and Bolton Museum and Archive Service in partnership with the Leisure Studies Association. Drawing its inspiration from Humphrey Spender’s Mass...	Bolton, Greater Manchester
31	One-day Scottish Maritime History Symposium Economic and Social Aspects of Scottish Maritime History	Glasgow, Scotland

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