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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
22	25 years after: Soviet lessons for security transition in the Afghanistan of 2014 How do we remember the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1989, and how does history relate to today’s state of affairs in that country? The documentary ‘Afghanistan, Land of Wonders’ (2009) by...	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
28	Swansea University Postgraduate Seminar Series 2011/12 We are in the process of organising our seminar series for the academic year 2011/2012. These will be held in the James Callaghan Conference Room (JC B02/3) of Swansea University....	Swansea, United Kingdom

Mar 2012
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09 - 10	New Researchers in Maritime History Conference 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...	Glasgow, , United Kingdom
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
09 - 10	Women and the Media 2012: Representations Past and Present	Belfast, United Kingdom
14	History of Women in the Americas 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...	London, 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
27	Swansea University Postgraduate Seminar Series 2011/12 We are in the process of organising our seminar series for the academic year 2011/2012. These will be held in the James Callaghan Conference Room (JC B02/3) of Swansea University....	Swansea, United Kingdom
29 - 30	Transforming Pregnancy Since 1900 A conference to be held in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge. Around 1900, few pregnant women in Europe or North America had any contact with a...	Cambridge, United Kingdom

Apr 2012
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11 - 14	European Social Science History Conference 2012 - Material and Consumer Culture Network The ESSHC 2012 will take place in Glasgow, Scotland, UK Information about the European Social Science and History Conference can be found at: http://www....	Glasgow, 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
18 - 19	Postgraduate Forum for the History of Medicine: 3rd Annual Summit Swansea University is hosting the third annual summit for postgraduate students and early-career researchers working in the History of Medicine. Following on from the success of two previous...	Swansea, United Kingdom
24	Swansea University Postgraduate Seminar Series 2011/12 We are in the process of organising our seminar series for the academic year 2011/2012. These will be held in the James Callaghan Conference Room (JC B02/3) of Swansea University....	Swansea, 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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02	'Retailing and Distribution in Hard Times' CHORD (the Centre for the History of Retailing and Distribution) invites proposals for papers that explore retailing and distribution cultures and practices during economic downturns, busts and...	Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
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
16 - 17	Historical Analysis for Defence and Security Symposium 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...	Fareham, United Kingdom
18	Performing Art History II: Conveying Research, Communicating Collaboration A conference organised by the Performing Art History Special Interest Group to be held on Friday 18 May 2012 Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House,...	London, 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
25	Probing the Interior 1800-2012	London, United Kingdom
29	Swansea University Postgraduate Seminar Series 2011/12 We are in the process of organising our seminar series for the academic year 2011/2012. These will be held in the James Callaghan Conference Room (JC B02/3) of Swansea University....	Swansea, United Kingdom

Jun 2012
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06 - 09	Policy History Conference Since the first Policy History Conference in St. Louis, Missouri, the primary goal behind the conference has been to provide an interdisciplinary forum for scholars of policy history, American...	Richmond, Virginia, United States
07	Space and Social Relations in Historical Perspective The relationship between space and social relations is a prominent topic in current affairs. This innovative one-day workshop will address how space is defined and organised. It will focus...	Edinburgh, United Kingdom
08 - 09	Configuration(s) R.A.O (Recherche Assistée par Ordinateur/Computer-Assisted Research) International Conference, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, 8-9 June 2012. As far back...	Nanterre, France
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
15 - 16	European Painted Cloths C14th-C21st: Pageantry, Ceremony, Theatre and the Domestic Interior This two day conference will explore the use of painted cloths in religious ceremony, pageantry, domestic interiors and scenic art. It will focus on their change of context and significance from...	London, United Kingdom