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International History

Convenors: Ms Melanie Aspey (The Rothschild Archive), Dr Christopher Baxter (The Cabinet Office), Dr Best (LSE), Dr Ellison (QMUL), Dr Kandiah (KCL), Dr Kelly (KCL), Dr Pedaliu (University of the West of England), Mrs Staerck (IHR), Dr Kate Utting (KCL), Professor J. Young (University of Nottingham) 

Venue: Rooms as announced in the programme

Time: Tuesday, 6.00pm

Spring Term 2012
10 January

Dr Peter Yearwood (Papua New Guinea)


Nigerian Trade in British Politics, 1914-1916

 

Athlone Room (102), First floor, South block, Senate House

24 January

Dr Geraint Hughes (King's)


The UK's response to the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan in December 1979

 

Athlone Room (102), First floor, South block, Senate House

14 February

Kathryn Boodry (Harvard)


Cotton, Finance and Slavery: Atlantic Credit and the Development of Modern Banking

 

Please note this seminar will be held at The Rothschild Archives. Please contact Dr Michael Kandiah (Michael.Kandiah@kcl.ac.uk) if you wish to attend.

21 February

Dr John Fisher (UWE)


Britain and Abyssinia: the forward view, c1800 to 1875

 

Please note:  this session was previously due to take place on 21 February.

21 February
cancelled

Dr John Burman (Cambridge)


Embassy of Sir Nicholas O'Conor at Constantinople before World War I

 

Pease note: this seminar will now be held at The Rothschild Archives on 8 May.  Please contact Dr Michael Kandiah (Michael.Kandiah@kcl.ac.uk) if you wish to attend.

6 March

Dr Alastair Kocho-Williams (UWE)


India as a factor in Anglo-Soviet Relations from the Trade Agreement to the Rupture of Relations, 1921-1927

 

Athlone Room (102), First floor, South block, Senate House

20 March

Dr Sochi Naraoka (Kyoto)


A new look at the 'Twenty-One Demands': Japan, China and the Anglo-Japanese Alliance during the World War I

 

Athlone Room (102), First floor, South block, Senate House

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Summer Term 2012
8 May

Dr John Burman (Cambridge)


Embassy of Sir Nicholas O'Conor at Constantinople before World War I

 

Pease note: this seminar will be held at The Rothschild Archives .  Please contact Dr Michael Kandiah (Michael.Kandiah@kcl.ac.uk) if you wish to attend.

22 May

Bryan Glass (University of Texas at Austin)


Scots in Africa: A Nation of Empire-Builders in the Era of Decolonisation

 

Athlone Room (102), First floor, South block, Senate House

12 June

Dr Spencer Mawby (Nottingham)


The British Way in Cold Warfare: The Case of the Empire's Caribbean Communists 1952-1964

 

Holden Room (103), First floor, South block, Senate House

19 June

Jonathan Kuiken (Boston College)


Striking the balance: State intervention vs. non-intervention in Britain's oil policy, 1957-1968

 

Athlone Room (102), First floor, South block, Senate House

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