Digital Humanities Symposium: Virtualisation and Heritage

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:06:36 +0000

Date:

25 February 2012

We are very pleased to announce that The University of York, UK, will be hosting the event Digital Humanities Symposium: Virtualisation and Heritage on the 25th of February 2012. This event seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners in the digital humanities who focus on different aspects of heritage. We are interested in paper presentations, posters and workshop proposals. The topics may include, but are not limited to:

Organiser(s):

Mariana Lopez, Oliver Jones and Gavin Kearney

New Researchers in Maritime History Conference 2012

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:45:45 +0000

Date:

9 March 2012 - 10 March 2012

The British Commission for Maritime History's (BCMH) New Researchers in Maritime History conference is an established forum for those that have recently become engaged in research in maritime history or related disciplines to meet other new and established scholars and to present a paper in a supportive environment. The BCMH is the British branch of the International Commission for Maritime History, which was founded in 1965 as a constituent of the International Congress of Historical Sciences.

Organiser(s):

British Commission for Maritime History

History of Women in the Americas

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:53:17 +0000

Date:

14 March 2012

The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW, formerly known as British Historians of Women in the Americas) will hold their fifth annual conference on Wednesday 14 March 2012 at Brunel University, west London.

Organiser(s):

Rachel Ritchie

Promoting Engagement with the Teaching of Economic History

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:08:18 +0000

Date:

22 March 2012

How can we engage students with economic history? The subject has become increasingly marginalised from many university history curricula in recent years, but it remains a fundamental part of the discipline and essential for a proper understanding of much broader topics such as population distribution, patterns of consumption and material culture, and the rise and fall of empires, governments and mass political and social movements.

Organiser(s):

Dr Alysa Levene

UCL Neale Colloquium 2012: Emancipation, slave-ownership and the remaking of the British imperial world

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:44:10 +0000

Date:

29 March 2012 - 31 March 2012

The colloquium aims to present the findings of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership project and engage with current work exploring the importance of slavery and slave-ownership in the re-making of the British imperial world after abolition in 1833.

Organiser(s):

Legacies of British Slave-ownership, Department of History, UCL

Neale Lecture 2012: Prof Robin Blackburn, Slavery and Finance in Britain's Empire of Free Trade

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:20:35 +0000

Date:

29 March 2012

We are pleased to announce that Professor Robin Blackburn (Essex) will give this year's UCL Neale Lecture in British History, on 'Slavery and Finance in Britain's Empire of Free Trade'.

This a free, public lecture, and will start at 5.30pm.

Organiser(s):

Legacies of British Slave-ownership, History Dept, UCL

Solidarities that know no boundaries? Transnational Advocacy in Historical Perspective

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:59:39 +0000

Date:

30 March 2012 - 31 March 2012

What inspires activists to embrace causes that do not directly affect them? What drives professions of solidarity for an individual, community or nation? This conference will explore the ways in which activists have embraced the causes of groups of which their knowledge and experience was often limited. In recent years, online media have allowed activists involved in protests instant access to an international audience – at the same time raising questions about the utility and depth of this potential support base.

Organiser(s):

Dr Daniel Laqua, Dr. Charlotte Alston

The Royal Body

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:30:36 +0000

Date:

2 April 2012 - 4 April 2012

The idea of the king’s two bodies, the body natural and the body politic, founded on the distinction between the personal and mortal king and the perpetual and corporate crown, has long been of interest to scholars of medieval and early modern kingship. In later centuries the natural body of the monarch remained a contested site, with the life, health, sexuality, fertility and death of the king or queen continuing to be an important part of politics.

Organiser(s):

Dr Anna Whitelock

The Many Headed Hydra: Plebeians in the World c.1660-1820

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:47:19 +0000

Date:

12 April 2012

This conference explores the role of plebeians in the colonial and commercial expansion across the world from c.1660-1820. Inspired by the themes of Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker’s The Many Headed Hydra (2000) the papers will explore the book’s central themes in the light of new research, as well as taking it into new areas. The role of seas and ships, armies and navies, and commercial interests in creating and regulating a mobile, multi-ethnic workforce will be explored.

Organiser(s):

William Farrell (Birkbeck) & Stephen Duane Dean Jnr (KCL)

The Making of Landscapes in Modernity

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:00:33 +0000

Date:

10 May 2012 - 11 May 2012

This is a call for papers for a workshop on the making of landscapes in modernity. We will have a keynote address on the first day followed by a day consisting of three to four panels on the second. We aim to produce a special issue for a journal as a result of this this workshop.

Organiser(s):

James Koranyi, Bernhard Struck

Historical Analysis for Defence and Security Symposium

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:15:24 +0000

Date:

16 May 2012 - 17 May 2012

The Ministry of Defence and The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory announce the 2012 Historical Analysis for Defence and Security Symposium Dstl Portsdown West, Portsmouth, UK Wednesday 16th – Thursday 17th May 2012 Initial Call for Papers and Participation For almost 30 years, the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory have used analysis of historical campaigns and developments in academic understanding of conflict to provide a ‘reality-check’ to UK defence policy.

Organiser(s):

Deborah Cheverton (dacheverton@dstl.gov.uk)

Hearing Landscape Critically: Sense, Text, Ideology

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:06:23 +0000

Date:

18 May 2012 - 19 May 2012

‘Tell me the landscape in which you live and I will tell you who you are’ (José Ortega y Gasset).

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Nowhere is the only unattainable elsewhere; people are always already somewhere. This conference – the first of three inter-continental meetings between 2012 and 2014 – is concerned with any and all ‘somewheres’ that might be thought of as landscapes.

Organiser(s):

Carina Venter (Oxford), Michael Uy (Harvard), Jonathan Hicks (Oxford)

The Changing Experience of Time in the Long Nineteenth Century: Local, Regional, (Trans)National and Global Perspectives

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:14:00 +0000

Date:

18 May 2012 - 19 May 2012

Event Announcement

Centre for Transnational History

University of St Andrews

Organiser(s):

Marie Ventura, PhD Candidate, University of St Andrews

Falklands Conflict Thirty Years On, 1 day conference, 19 May 2012: Call for Papers

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:24:15 +0000

Date:

19 May 2012

This conference will provide new, early career and established scholars the opportunity to present new research and perspectives on the 1982 Falklands Conflict. It will focus on the war at and from the sea.

Organiser(s):

Dr Duncan Redford

AGENCY: History Lab Annual Conference 2012

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:16:45 +0000

Date:

13 June 2012 - 14 June 2012

Who makes history? What is the role of the individual, and how much influence can they have? While historians have long debated the meaning and implication of agency, events such as the Arab Spring, in which traditional structures are overturned by collective and individual action, gives the notion of agency fresh urgency.

Organiser(s):

historylab2012@gmail.com

Money, Power and Print: interdisciplinary studies in the financial revolution in the British Isles, 1688-1776

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:56:33 +0000

Date:

14 June 2012 - 16 June 2012

This colloquium, the fifth in a biennial series, offers an opportunity for scholars from a variety of disciplines to work together to enrich their mutual understanding of the intersections between public finance, politics and literature during Britain's 'financial revolution'. The term 'Britain' is used loosely to refer to all constituent parts of the United Kingdom and also to Ireland and the colonies. The term 'literature' is broadly defined to include newspapers, pamphlets, treatises, novels, plays and illustrations.

Organiser(s):

Chris Fauske, Communications Department, Salem State College; Rick Kleer, Department of Economics, University of Regina; Ivar McGrath, School of History and Archives, University College Dublin

The Great War: Localities and Regional Identities

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:52:05 +0000

Date:

20 June 2012

As the centenary of the Great War approaches and it slips from first-hand experience, shelves on military history in high-street bookshops testify to the misty-eyed mythical appeal it continues to have for many. This conference forestalls the coming public history bonanza by concentrating on the under-researched responses to the crisis from the regions and localities of Britain. Was there a common national response to unprecedented events or did strong local and regional identities cause significant variations?

Organiser(s):

Craig Horner and Nick Mansfield

E. A. Freeman: The Life and Times of a Victorian Intellectual

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:48:01 +0000

Date:

21 June 2012 - 23 June 2012

'History is past politics, politics is present history'.

Organiser(s):

Dr Alex Bremner (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Jonathan Conlin (University of Southampton)

Call for Papers: 2012 British Scholar Conference (Britain and the World)

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:25:29 +0000

Date:

21 June 2012 - 23 June 2012

This serves as a call for papers for the fifth annual British Scholar Conference. The conference will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland from Thursday, 21 June through Saturday, 23 June, 2012. This marks the first time that the conference will take place away from Austin, Texas, and the British Scholar Society is pleased to announce that it will be hosted by the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology and the Scottish Centre for Diaspora Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Organiser(s):

The British Scholar Society

LONDONICITY 2012: The Second Annual London Studies Conference - 'London: City of Transformations?'

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:30:43 +0000

Date:

22 June 2012 - 24 June 2012

This conference seeks to explore, celebrate and critique the great world city of London in the context of Olympic and Jubilee Year. The title for the 2012 event is 'London - City of Transformations?', but a wide range of themes and topics is embraced within the Call for Papers.

Organiser(s):

Phillip Drummond

Drugs and drink in Asia: New perspectives from History

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:05:16 +0000

Date:

22 June 2012 - 24 June 2012

Organiser(s):

Professor James Mills, Dr Yong-an Zhang, Dr. Joseph F. Spillane

UNDERSTANDING BRITAIN 2012: The First Annual British Studies Conference - 'Great Britain: A United Kingdom?'

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:44:27 +0000

Date:

22 June 2012 - 24 June 2012

This conference seeks to explore, celebrate and critique the varied dimensions of the nation amidst the challenges of past and present. The title for the inaugural event is 'Great Britain - A United Kingdom?', but a wide range of themes and topics is embraced within the Call for Papers.

Organiser(s):

Academic Conferences London Ltd

Envisioning Landscapes: Adaptation and Renewal

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:07:22 +0000

Date:

22 June 2012

Landscape features prominently in perceptions and interpretations of the past. Whether depicting a specific location in its own right, or providing a backdrop for historical action, the physical environment pervades modern reconstructions of past places, peoples and events. Thus, just as rural and urban landscapes are active in the construction of memory and ideas in the lived environment, historical landscapes play a crucial role in shaping present-day conceptions of the past.

FILM AND MEDIA 2012: The Second Annual London Film and Media Conference - 'The End of Representation?'

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:54:29 +0000

Date:

22 June 2012 - 24 June 2012

This conference seeks to explore, celebrate and critique the screen-based traditions of film, TV and digital media. The title for the 2012 event is 'The End of Representation?', but a wide range of themes and topics is embraced within the Call for Papers.

Organiser(s):

Academic Conferences London Ltd

Africa and the Atlantic World, 1450-1850

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:10:01 +0000

Date:

22 June 2012 - 23 June 2012

The Maritime and Oceanic History Workshop and The Centre of African Studies Graduate Conference 2012

Africa and the Atlantic World, 1450-1850

22-23 June 2012 - The Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge

Organiser(s):

Edmond Smith, Richard Blakemore, Joshua Newton

Markets, Law, and Ethics, 1400-1850.

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:24:32 +0000

Date:

22 June 2012 - 24 June 2012

This call seeks papers addressing market culture in the late medieval and early modern periods, conceived broadly as the norms, laws, customs and practices of exchange, 1400-1850. Scholars have made the case for distinctively late medieval/early modern instantiations of social and economic life, for example as “competence and competition,” a “competitive household economy,” or a “baroque economy”. But what is next?

The Battle for Books

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:40:39 +0000

Date:

26 June 2012 - 29 June 2012

The Trinity Long Room Hub is pleased to announce that it will host the 2012 conference of the Society for the History of Authorship Reading and Publishing (SHARP) at Trinity College Dublin in June 2012.

The theme of the conference will be 'The Battle for Books'. The conference will begin on the afternoon of Tuesday 26 June 2012 and end on Friday 29 June 2012.

Renaissance Old Worlds: English Encounters from the Levant to the Far East

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:07:07 +0000

Date:

29 June 2012 - 1 July 2012

The early modern period saw England establishing its first colonies in the New World, but its ideas and expectations about foreign nations, travel and its identity as a political and economic power on the global stage were influenced largely by its experiences in other distant but familiar nations. This conference will investigate English interactions with the ‘old worlds’ of the Middle East, South Asia and the Far East.

Organiser(s):

The University of Liverpool and the British Library

Society for the Study of French History 26th Annual Conference

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:20:32 +0000

Date:

1 July 2012 - 3 July 2012

France and Its Neighbours: Towards a Transnational History

Organiser(s):

Stuart Carroll, Alan Forrest, Geoff Cubitt, Guy Halsall and Katherine Wilson and the Society for the Study of French History

The British World: Religion, Memory, Culture and Society

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:21:39 +0000

Date:

2 July 2012 - 5 July 2012

Proposals are now invited for ‘The British World Conference’, to be held at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, in conjunction with the Public Memory Research Centre and the Anglican Historical Society of Australia. The conference seeks to increase scholarly understandings of the religious and cultural adjustments that accompanied British political change and expansion.

Organiser(s):

University of Southern Queensland