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30 - 01 The politics and culture of anti-slavery movements in global perspective
This conference will examine the politics and culture of abolitionism and anti-slavery movements in the nineteenth century in a global perspective. While anti-slavery groups were rooted in specific national and social contexts, they also built... 		Dublin, Ireland
03 - 04 Postgraduate Conference in the History of Political Thought
A new postgraduate forum in Intellectual History and the History of Political Thought based in London would like to invite proposals for papers for our first postgraduate conference, to be held in in early May 2010.The theme of the conference will... 		London, UK
05 - 07 3rd Mediterranean Maritime History Network Conference
Proposals are invited for papers/short communications informing on current research being undertaken on Mediterranean maritime history since the thirteenth century CE on the use of the sea as a resource, for transport, power projection, scientific... 		Izmir, Turkey
07 - 08 'New Perspectives on Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Scotland', ESHSS Annual Conference,
In recent years, the historiography in seventeenth and eighteenth century Scotland has flourished, especially amongst new scholars, bringing insight and nuance into many areas of Scottish life that have long been ignored. Work on Scottish trade and... 		Dundee, Scotland.
08 'The Shaping of Nonconformist Architecture'
The sixth annual one-day conference of the Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies, a collaboration between the School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, University of London, and Dr Williams's Library, in association with the Chapels Society.... 		London, UK
08 FACHRS Annual Conference: School and Community
The Family & Community Historical Research Society's conference will focus on all social aspects of the interaction between the school and the community, and will reflect the current research project of the Society on Education using School Log... 		Aspley Guise, Milton Keynes, UK
08 New Light in Dark Places: Recent Discoveries & New Directions in Anglo-Saxon Studies
In recent years significant advances have been made in the field of Anglo-Saxon studies. The discovery in July 2009 of the Staffordshire Hoard, comprising over 1600 objects, is the latest in a series of remarkable finds. Bringing together many of... 		London, UK
13 - 16 The 7th Cultural Intersections International Colloquium International: Trauma
Exploring the Edge of Trauma will interrogate the intricate and wide-ranging ways through which we seek to go over the edge of trauma, through art, literature, media, therapeutic and social experience, which all call for the construction/... 		Sussex, UK
13 - 14 Interior Lives
Interior Lives Date: 13 May 2010 - 14 May 2010 The Modern Interiors Research Centre Conference, Kingston University, London This conference will consider the historical insights that ethno/auto/biographical investigations into the lives of... 		London, UK
14 - 16 Histfest 2010
Now in its fifteenth year, Histfest provides an ideal forum for presenting postgraduate research at any stage of progress to a supportive and constructive audience. The conference welcomes papers from any field of historical research and related... 		Lancaster, UK
15 Society for the Study of Labour History 50th Anniversary Conference
Fifty Years of Labour History: Past Achievements, Future ProspectsA conference to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Society for the Study of Labour History will be held on Saturday 15th May 2010 at the People's History Museum, Spinningfields,... 		Manchester, UK
15 The Mediterranean in Late Antiquity 300-700
An international conference at Wolfson College, Oxford Saturday 15th May 2010, 9.30am - 5 pm.  Participants will include: Peregrine Horden, Peter Heather, Chris Kelly, Robert Hoyland, Nicola Clarke, Philip Wood, Averil Cameron, Eileen Rubery,... 		Oxford, UK
20 - 21 Renaissance Cultural Crossroads:Translation, Print and Culture in Britain 1473-1640
On 20-21 May 2010, the Centre for the Study of the Renaissance at the University of Warwick will host an international conference on translation, print and culture in Renaissance Britain. Speakers will address a range of topics dealing with... 		University of Warwick, Coventry
20 - 21 Transcending Boundaries in Europe in the Period of the Belle Epoque: Organizing Knowledge, Mobilizing Networks, and Effecting Social Change
Papers for this colloquium will explore aspects of network development, information creation, organization and exchange, and related “boundary-spanning” activities of individuals and institutions and the scholarly tools and techniques that this... 		Mons, Belgium
21 - 23 Revisiting New Towns of the Middle Ages: A Conference and Field-Seminar in the Ancient Town of Winchelsea in Memory of Professor M.W. Beresford
This conference focuses on the continuing legacy of Professor Maurice Beresford’s ‘New Towns of the Middle Ages’ and draws together both academic and general audiences of his book to reflect on the recent advances in research on the topic of... 		Winchelsea, east Sussex (UK)
21 Multiple Belongings: Diaspora and Transnational Homes - Second Annual Histories of Home SSN Conference
The Histories of Home Subject Specialist Network (SSN) invites papers for its second annual conference, to be held in London at the British Library on Friday 21 May 2010. The conference will examine migrants’ homes across the globe from early... 		London, UK
21 - 22 Historical Perspectives Postgraduate Conference
Historical Perspectives is a history society established and run by postgraduates for postgraduates. Our seventh annual conference, ‘Conflict and Conformity’, will be held at the University of Dundee on the 21 and 22 May.  Our conferences... 		Dundee
22 The State and Social Identity in Early Modern England
This one-day colloquium will focus on the relationship between the English state and the languages, loyalties, actions and symbols by which early modern people defined their social position.  An intellectual tradition of distinguishing the ‘... 		Oxford, UK
26 - 30 Cultural Histories: Close Readings, Critical Syntheses, Annual Conference of the International Society for Cultural History
ISCH Annual Conference 2010: University of Turku, FinlandCultural historians’ enquiries often encounter a tension between the need to build up holistic interpretations and syntheses and the need for close reading, for dense microhistorical analyses... 		Turku, Finland
26 - 27 "The Great War and the Modern World"
The Moscow International Conference “The Great War and the Modern World” aims to commemorate great and tragic events that radically changed the modern history – the Great War of 1914 – 1918 and the creation of the Versailles – Washington world order... 		Moscow
26 University of Huddersfield History Postgraduate Conference 2010
The University of Huddersfield History Postgraduate Conference, to be held at the University's main Huddersfield (Queensgate) Campus on Wednesday 26th May 2010, is designed to bring together postgraduates in history and related disciplines to share... 		Huddersfield, UK
27 - 29 Economic and Business Historical Society - 35th annual conference
The Economic and Business Historical Society will hold its 35th annual international conference bringing together economic and business historians.  Proposals and panels on any period, geographic, or topical focus are welcome, as long as the... 		Braga, Portugal
28 Revealing Records II: Postgraduate Conference for Medievalists
King’s College LondonThe second one-day AHRC / KCL funded Revealing Records postgraduate conference for medievalists will be held on Friday 28 May 2010.  Records and manuscripts are the lifeblood of medieval research, but they can be difficult... 		Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
28 Charles II: King, Court and Culture
A conference organised by the Society for Court Studies to mark the 350th anniversary of the Restoration.Ronald Hutton, ‘Charles II in the Twenty-First Century’; Diana Dethloff, ‘Peter Lely and the royal image’; Karen Hearn, ‘John Michael Wright (... 		London, UK
28 - 30 L'indépendance de l'Amérique andine et l'Europe (1767-1840). Emergence et devenir de l'espace bolivarien: précurseurs, acteurs et concepteurs. Spécificités, modèles et influences
Compte tenu du nombre et de l'importance des thèmes abordés, on focalisera le colloque sur les pays de la dorsale andine, où eurent lieu de nombreux événements décisifs qui essaimèrent vers d'autres r... 		Paris, France
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