Browse events by 'Philosophy of History'

Jan 2012
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09 - 27 Rousseau 300: Nature, Self, and State

This exhibition at the UCL Art Museum features rare items from UCL’s art and book collections to mark the 300th anniversary of the birth of one of the most controversial authors in the...

London, United Kingdom
Feb 2012
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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
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
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
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
May 2012
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10 - 12 Conflict in Memory: Interpersonal and Intergenerational Remembering of War, Conflict and Transition

War, conflicts and transitions have always played a significant role in defining communal identity, often with reference to events that happened centuries ago. The role of passing on collective...

Aarhus, Denmark
18 - 19 The Changing Experience of Time in the Long Nineteenth Century: Local, Regional, (Trans)National and Global Perspectives

    Event Announcement

    Centre for Transnational History

    University of St Andrews

    Date of Event: 18/19 May, 2012

    The two-day interdisciplinary workshop THE CHANGING...

St Andrews, Fife, 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 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
26 - 29 The Battle for Books

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...

Dublin, United Kingdom
Jul 2012
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01 - 03 Society for the Study of French History 26th Annual Conference

France and Its Neighbours: Towards a Transnational History 

The conference theme is prompted by the challenge of globalization and the notion that Europe can no longer...

York , United Kingdom
03 Contested histories and the parameters of resistance

Confirmed Keynote: Dr. Alan Rice (University of Central Lancashire)

Representing the past is a contested and dissonant process. The promotion of particular voices and stories within history...

York, United Kingdom
18 - 19 Call for papers: The Politics of Critique: 2nd Critical Studies Research Group Postgraduate Conference

What is the meaning of critique today?

Riot, revolt, protest, occupation: the current historical conjuncture is marked by the confluence of multiple crises and the (re)emergence of...

Brighton, United Kingdom
Sep 2012
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05 - 07 Second Call for Papers: Riot, Revolt, Revolution Brighton, United Kingdom
Oct 2012
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04 - 06 God and the Enlightenment

The George Washington Forum on American Ideas, Politics, and Institutions, which has its home at Ohio University, invites paper proposals for a conference and subsequent edited volume on religion...

Athens, Ohio, United States
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