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Recording Leisure Lives: Holidays and Tourism in 20th century Britain

Date: 
30 March 2010

This is the third annual ‘Recording Leisure Lives’ conference presented by the University of Bolton and Bolton Museum and Archive Service in partnership with the Leisure Studies Association. Drawing its inspiration from Humphrey Spender’s Mass Observation photographs of Worktowners in Blackpool, this conference focuses on the leisure experiences of people on holiday – both at home and away.

URL: 
www.bolton.ac.uk/conferences/leisurelives
Conference organiser(s): 
University of Bolton and Bolton Museum and Archive Service
Location: 
Bolton, Greater Manchester

FROM THE GRAND TOUR TO MASS TOURISM The Modern History of the British Abroad

Date: 
1 April 2010 - 2 April 2010

FROM THE GRAND TOUR TO MASS TOURISM

The Modern History of the British Abroad

Newcastle, 1-2 April 2010

URL: 
http://tiny.cc/IrNaJ
Conference organiser(s): 
Dr Martin Farr, Dr Xavier Guegan, Newcastle University UK
Location: 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

Pepys and Chips: Dockyards, Naval Administration and Warfare in the Seventeenth Century (The Naval Dockyards Society Conference, 2010)

Date: 
17 April 2010

The seventeenth century saw the development of the royal dockyards into larger, more sophisticated and permanent entities.

URL: 
www.navaldockyards.org
Conference organiser(s): 
The Naval Dockyards Society
Location: 
London, UK

'New Perspectives on Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Scotland', ESHSS Annual Conference,

Date: 
7 May 2010 - 8 May 2010

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.

URL: 
www.eshss.co.uk
Conference organiser(s): 
Economic and Social History Society of Scotland
Location: 
Dundee, Scotland.

Histfest 2010

Date: 
14 May 2010 - 16 May 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 disciplines. This year we are also inviting submissions of poster displays.

URL: 
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/histfest
Conference organiser(s): 
James Bowen, William Cook, George Lincoln, Emily Mead, Alexander Wilkinson, Oliver Wilkinson
Location: 
Lancaster, UK

Historical Perspectives Postgraduate Conference

Date: 
21 May 2010 - 22 May 2010

Historical Perspectives is a history society established and run by postgraduates for postgraduates.

Conference organiser(s): 
Historical Perspectives
Location: 
Dundee

University of Huddersfield History Postgraduate Conference 2010

Date: 
26 May 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 their research in a friendly, informal environment with the wider postgraduate and history communities.

Conference organiser(s): 
Tosh Warwick
Location: 
Huddersfield, UK

The Art of Collaboration: Interdisciplinary Approaches to History

Date: 
8 June 2010

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.

Conference organiser(s): 
Warren Dockter, Katie McDade, Alan Kissane, Emily Buchnea, Matthew Phillips, Owen Rees, Kate Langley
Location: 
University of Nottingham

(Re)-Constructing Multiculturalism - A Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Conference, Cardiff University

Date: 
24 June 2010 - 25 June 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS

URL: 
www.cardiff.ac.uk/gradschools/reconmulti
Conference organiser(s): 
Researcher & Graduate School in Humanities, Cardiff University
Location: 
Cardiff, Wales, UK

Disability History: looking forward to a better past?

Date: 
25 June 2010 - 27 June 2010

Invited Plenary Speakers:

Conference organiser(s): 
Martin Atherton
Location: 
Preston, Lancashire, UK