History Conferences for June 2010
| Date | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| 03 |
Writing the Past beyond Boundaries? Transnational versus Comparative Approaches in Communication History. Young Scholars Workshop Public and private communication transcending national and cultural borders is not a new phenomenon since the last decades of digitalization and globalization. Since their emergence mass media expanded beyond national borders, and technologies like... |
Potsdam/Berlin, Germany |
| 04 - 05 |
New Approaches to British Art, 1939-1969 A conference organised jointly by The Courtauld Institute of Art’s Research Forum and the University of York, to be held at The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN Friday 4 – Saturday 5 June 2010 Keynote Speakers:... |
London, UK |
| 08 |
The Art of Collaboration: Interdisciplinary Approaches to History The aim of the conference is to examine interdisciplinary approaches to history and to identify how collaborative work between ancillary disciplines can improve and redefine historical writing. This might include drawing upon the theories of the... |
University of Nottingham |
| 11 - 12 |
Forensic Cultures in Interdisciplinary Perspective This international conference examines in analytical and historical perspective the remarkable prominence of forensic science and medicine in contemporary culture. It brings together leading scholars from history, sociology and socio-legal studies,... |
Manchester, UK |
| 11 - 12 |
Quilts 1700-2010 Hidden Histories, Untold Stories In conjunction with the exhibition Quilts 1700-2010, a two day interdisciplinary conference will be held from 11 – 12 June 2010 at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The conference will bring together cultural, social and textile historians,... |
London, UK |
| 11 - 12 |
Writing Central Eastern Europe CALL FOR PAPERS - Writing Central Eastern EuropeIn his inspiring and provoking book, Larry Wolff analyses the invention of Eastern Europe in the time of the Enlightenment. The question is whether Eastern Europe as a concept existed earlier?... |
Krakow, Poland |
| 15 - 16 |
Atrocity, Photography and War; An International Symposium This symposium will explore how photographic images of atrocities relate to the development of ideas about human rights, how they influence the memory of particular wars, and the ways they shape perceptions of conflict – both at the time and later... |
Prato, Italy |
| 17 - 18 |
Cities and Nationalisms Cities have been intimately connected with nationalisms of many kinds. The architecture and spatial design of cities have commonly been intended to bolster national pride. So have the nationalist ceremonies that cities have staged. Yet cities have... |
London, UK |
| 17 - 19 |
'Orientalism at War' Conference, June 17-19 2010 CALL FOR PAPERS - ‘Orientalism at War’ ConferenceNuffield College, University of OxfordThis programme seeks to convene scholars from divergent disciplines for a three day conference that examines how Orientalist and colonial discourses shape war and... |
Oxford, UK |
| 18 - 19 |
Uncovering the Sources of Nuclear Behavior: Historical Dimensions of Nuclear Proliferation Recent developments in Northeast Asia and the Middle East have once again shaken confidence in the stability of the non-proliferation regime. Many observers predict the likely occurrence of further ‘horizontal proliferation’ in these... |
Zurich |
| 21 - 24 |
Mini-Conference on Contemporary History The History and Politics Research Units of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (AT.IN.E.R.) will introduce a Contemporary History mini-Conference as part of the 8th International Conference on Politics & International Affairs, 21-24... |
Athens, Greece |
| 21 - 22 |
Swansea University Postgraduate History Society Summer Symposium The Swansea University Postgraduate History Society is issuing a call for papers for its inaugural interdisciplinary Summer Symposium on the broad theme of 'Dissent and Authority', to be held at Swansea University on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 June... |
Wales, UK |
| 22 - 23 |
Conference on Modern British History Following the success of the conferences held at the University of Strathclyde in 2007, 2008 and 2009, the Modern British History Network will host a fourth major Conference on Modern British History at the University of St Andrews on 22-23 June... |
University of St Andrews |
| 24 - 25 |
The Frankfurt School and Antisemitism Revisited. A CJCR Colloquium An International Colloquium with Jack Jacobs, Thomas Wheatland, and Eva-Maria ZiegeJack Jacobs, Thomas Wheatland, and Eva-Maria Ziege will speak in detail not only about their findings but also about the process of their research and their... |
Cambridge, UK |
| 24 - 26 |
Writing the empire: scribblings from below The study of texts has increasingly occupied centre-stage within the study of empires. Large numbers of scholars have explored the representations of peoples and places in travel writing, novels and many other textual forms. The written word has... |
Bristol, UK |
| 24 - 26 |
The History of Families and Households: Comparative European Dimensions Following the June 2006 Regional Symposium on ‘Social Behaviour and Family Strategies in the Balkans (16th to 20th Centuries)’ held at the New Europe College in Bucharest, this conference aims to place Balkan family history in its wider European... |
London, UK |
| 24 - 25 |
Identity and the Other British Isles As issues of nationalism, identity, and what it means to be ‘British’ continue to affect the cultural and political landscape of Britain itself, its impact on the islands that share (or have shared) a cultural heritage with the United Kingdom has... |
Huddersfield UK |
| 24 - 25 |
Identity and the Other British Isles As issues of nationalism, identity, and what it means to be ‘British’ continue to affect the cultural and political landscape of Britain itself, its impact on the islands that share (or have shared) a cultural heritage with the United Kingdom has... |
Huddersfield, UK |
| 24 - 25 |
Waterloo to Desert Storm: New Thinking on International Conflict, 1815-1991 This is a two day conference for postgraduates and early-career historians working on the history of conflict, broadly defined, to be held at the Scottish Centre for War Studies at the University of Glasgow.Conflicts continue to play a significant... |
Glasgow, UK |
| 24 - 25 |
(Re)-Constructing Multiculturalism - A Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Conference, Cardiff University CALL FOR PAPERS The (Re)-Constructing Multiculturalism conference, organised and led by postgraduate students, aims to attract doctoral researchers from across a diverse range of disciplines including Anthropology, Architecture, Cultural Studies,... |
Cardiff, Wales, UK |
| 25 - 27 |
Disability History: looking forward to a better past? Invited Plenary Speakers:Professor Catherine J Kudlick, University of California, DavisProfessor Tom Shakespeare, University of NewcastleDisability history has emerged in recent years as an increasingly popular sub-discipline of historical research... |
Preston, Lancashire, UK |
| 26 |
The Cultural Agency of Chaplains in Early Modern Britain The University of Birmingham Centre for Reformation and Early Modern Studies (CREMS) 2010 Colloquium, also supported by the Society for Renaissance Studies, will take as its theme The Cultural Agency of Chaplains in Early Modern Britain, and will... |
Stratford-upon-Avon, UK |
| 27 - 29 |
Society for the Study of French History Annual Conference The 24th Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of French History will take place between 27 and 29 June 2010 at Newcastle University. The theme of the conference is 'Ageing and Health in French History', though papers will be presented on... |
Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
| 27 - 29 |
Society for the Study of French HIstory Annual Conference 2010 - Theme: Ageing and Health Proposals are invited for thirty-minute papers (in either English or French) on any aspect of French history from the late medieval to the modern period. Proposals for panels of two or three papers are also invited. Our theme is not exclusive as... |
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
| 27 - 29 |
Society for the Study of French History 24th Annual Conference Second Call for Papers Conference Organisers: Professor Máire Cross; Dr Rachel Hammersley; Dr Matt Perry; Dr Luc Racaut, Newcastle University (Send to: ssfh2010@ncl.ac.uk) Extended deadline: 15 February 2010Proposals are invited for thirty-minute... |
Newcastle, UK |
| 28 |
Consuming the Past: Library Resources for PGRs, An Interdisciplinary Conference and Training Day Consuming the Past: Library Resources for PGRs An Interdisciplinary Conference and Training Day, Monday 28th June 2010Keynote speakers: Dr Matthew Grenby (Newcastle University) and Sean Creighton (independent historian)As researchers we ‘consume’... |
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
| 29 - 01 |
75 Years of Penguin Books: An International Multidisciplinary Conference In 2010, Penguin Books will be 75 years old and Puffin Books will be 70 years old. Organised by the AHRC Penguin Archive Project, the International Penguin Conference is occasioned by these two anniversaries of what is arguably the most... |
Bristol, UK |
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