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Feb 2012
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01 - 07	Department of History Film Season 2012 (University of Reading) The past is a four-letter word…and it’s film How do film-makers capture the past on the big screen? Is it possible to be historically accurate without...	Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
15 - 17	Crisis: Interruptions, Reactions and Continuities in Central and Eastern Europe. The 11th International Postgraduate Conference on Central and Eastern Europe Crises have been common in the history of Central and Eastern Europe. The term crisis implies that a particular order, whether financial, social or political is thrown into a state of...	London, United Kingdom
15	Political History Network Seminar (University of Reading) The Political History Network is a seminar group organised for postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers working in modern political history. The network provides a forum to present papers, share...	Reading, United Kingdom
15 - 30	CFP: Political History Network 2012 Seminar Series The Political History Network provides an informal forum for modern political historians to present papers, discuss ideas and network. We particularly welcome postgraduate and post-doctorate...	Reading, United Kingdom
25	Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic 2012: Junctions and Crossroads The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge is pleased to announce the date for its annual interdisciplinary postgraduate conference, the theme of which...	Cambridge, United Kingdom
25	Digital Humanities Symposium: Virtualisation and Heritage 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...	York, United Kingdom

Mar 2012
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08 - 10	New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies 2012	Sarasota, United States
09	Gendering the history of charity and voluntary effort: A workshop for postgraduate and early-career researchers From medieval and early modern elite understandings of charitable virtue to industrial cultures of mutual aid or contemporary understandings of community engagement, gender has been critically...	Huddersfield, United Kingdom
19 - 20	"Oikonomia, Economy and War", Fifth Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History Paper proposals are invited for the fifth Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History, to be held on 19-20 March 2012 at the University of Cambridge. The theme of...	Cambridge, United Kingdom
22	Promoting Engagement with the Teaching of Economic History 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...	Oxford, United Kingdom

Apr 2012
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02 - 04	The Royal Body 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...	Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom
12	The Many Headed Hydra: Plebeians in the World c.1660-1820 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...	London, United Kingdom
13 - 14	Contextualising the Fifth Crusade: An Interdisciplinary Colloquium on the Crusading Movement in the First Half of the Thirteenth Century A two-day international conference to be held at the University of Kent featuring keynotes by Professor Peter Edbury (Cardiff), Professor Bernard Hamilton (Nottingham), and Dr A.V. Murray (Leeds...	Canterbury, United Kingdom
13 - 15	Aberystwyth’s Fifth Annual Postgraduate Historical Studies Conference: ‘Ritual, Symbolism, and Identity.’ This years’ conference theme is ‘Ritual, Symbolism, and Identity’: a theme that we hope will generate a wide scope of interest. The conference provides an ideal friendly environment for students...	Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
14	The World Turned Upside Down - 40 years on Christopher Hill’s classic work, The World Turned Upside Down, was published in 1972. The book, though much criticised, remains one of the most popular books on the...	Sheffield, United Kingdom
20	Developing teaching skills for teaching assistants and new lecturers in history The convenors and guest speakers from both of the Manchester universities will lead sessions about: designing learning; structuring lectures; planning and running seminars; issues in assessment;...	Manchester, United Kingdom
27	Desiring Statues: Statuary, Sexuality and History Statuary has offered a privileged site for the articulation of sexual experience and ideas, and the formation of sexual knowledge. From prehistoric phallic stones, mythological representations of...	Exeter, United Kingdom
28	The First Annual Postgraduate Renaissance Symposium: 'Beyond the Frame: Portraits and Personal Experience in Renaissance Europe, c.1400 – 1650'	London, United Kingdom

May 2012
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11 - 12	Academic Culture and International Relations – A Transatlantic Perspective More often than not national interests and political ideologies have compromised the integrity of the idealized ‘republic of letters’, still, academic culture continues to be perceived as an...	Munich, Germany
17 - 18	The Experience of Neighbourliness in Europe, c.1000-1600 Bath Spa University, 17-18 May 2012 Many historians of the early modern neighbourhood have argued that religious reform and the emergence of the state ousted caritas from the...	Bath, United Kingdom
19	Unofficial Histories: Examining how society produces, presents, and consumes history beyond official and elite versions of the past. A free public conference to discuss how society produces, presents, and consumes history beyond official and elite versions of the past. Call for Papers...	London, United Kingdom

Jun 2012
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13 - 14	AGENCY: History Lab Annual Conference 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...	London, United Kingdom
21 - 23	E. A. Freeman: The Life and Times of a Victorian Intellectual 'History is past politics, politics is present history'. Edward Augustus Freeman's activities as a scholar are widely acknowledged for having helped establish the study of medieval history...	Hawarden, United Kingdom
21 - 23	Call for Papers: 2012 British Scholar Conference (Britain and the World) 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...	Edinburgh, United Kingdom
22 - 24	Drugs and drink in Asia: New perspectives from History	Shanghai, China
22 - 24	2012 Annual Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society Conference The 2012 annual Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society conference will be held in The Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, from 22-24 June 2012. Confirmed plenary speakers include Christine Casey (...	Dublin, Ireland
22	Envisioning Landscapes: Adaptation and Renewal 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...	Liverpool, United Kingdom
22 - 24	LONDONICITY 2012: The Second Annual London Studies Conference - 'London: City of Transformations?' 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...	London, United Kingdom
22 - 24	UNDERSTANDING BRITAIN 2012: The First Annual British Studies Conference - 'Great Britain: A United Kingdom?' 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...	London, United Kingdom
22 - 24	FILM AND MEDIA 2012: The Second Annual London Film and Media Conference - 'The End of Representation?' 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?'...	London, United Kingdom