Browse events by 'Administrative History'

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
Mar 2012
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08 - 10 New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies 2012 Sarasota, United States
31 Deviance in Modern Irish History Workshop

The study of deviance illuminates a ‘hidden’ history of human behaviour. Definitions of deviance and attitudes about what was the ‘norm’ reveal much about society and the conduct of people, both...

Limerick, Ireland
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
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
27 - 29 Seals and their Context in the Middle Ages

This conference seeks to explore the functions of seals in medieval Britain and Western Europe in the broadest possible context. Themes will include the use of seals in law and administration, the...

Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
Jun 2012
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06 - 08 The making of a monarchy for the modern world

A conference at Kensington Palace

‘THERE will soon be only five kings left - the Kings of Diamonds, Heart, Spades and Clubs, and the King of England’.  King Farouk...

London, United Kingdom
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
14 - 16 Money, Power and Print: interdisciplinary studies in the financial revolution in the British Isles, 1688-1776

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...

Halifax, Canada
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 Markets, Law, and Ethics, 1400-1850.

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...

Sheffield, United Kingdom
22 - 24 Drugs and drink in Asia: New perspectives from History Shanghai, China
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
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
02 - 05 The British World: Religion, Memory, Culture and Society

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...

Toowoomba, Australia
04 - 06 Mass Observation Anniversaries Conference

Confirmed Speakers:

James Hinton (Warwick)
Nick Hubble (Brunel)
Laura Marcus (Oxford)
Dorothy Sheridan (Sussex)

Call for Papers:...

Brighton, United Kingdom
05 - 07 Oxford/Cambridge International Chronicles Symposium

The theme for the 2012 conference is 'Bonds, Links, and Ties in Medieval and Renaissance Chronicles'. Keynote addresses will be given by Prof Pauline Stafford (Liverpool),...

Oxford, United Kingdom
06 - 07 Liberal Wars: Call for Papers

Liberalism is not pacifism. Loosely-speaking liberal states - states that attach importance, at least internally, to individual autonomy - have frequently been willing to use military force; they...

Reading, United Kingdom
09 - 13 World Economic History Congress 2012 - Session: "Where is Central Asia in Long-Run Histories of Economic Development?"

A session addressing this question has been scheduled by the International Economic History Association as part of the XVIth World Economic History History Congress in Stellenbosch, South Africa,...

Stellenbosch, South Africa
Nov 2012
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15 - 17 Who governs in Europe and the Americas?

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Organized by the Universities of Poitiers (MIMMOC), Caen (ERIBIA) and Paris Ouest Nanterre (CREA)

15-17 November...

Poitiers, France
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