Department of History Film Season 2012 (University of Reading)

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:40:40 +0000

Date:

1 February 2012 - 7 March 2012

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 pandering to market forces? These are just two of the questions posed by this inaugural season that will showcase genres ranging from classical theatre to opera, documentary and modern cinema. These four films will be introduced and discussed by historians from the Department of History.

Organiser(s):

Dr Emma Vickers

Digital Humanities Symposium: Virtualisation and Heritage

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:06:36 +0000

Date:

25 February 2012

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 seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners in the digital humanities who focus on different aspects of heritage. We are interested in paper presentations, posters and workshop proposals. The topics may include, but are not limited to:

Organiser(s):

Mariana Lopez, Oliver Jones and Gavin Kearney

Schama headlines season of events to mark new home for history at Queen Mary

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:50:18 +0000

Date:

5 March 2012 - 14 March 2012

TV historian Simon Schama and award-winning poet Ruth Padel are among the stellar names speaking at a spring season of events hosted at Queen Mary, University of London.

From 5 to 14 March, a series of lectures, seminars and performances will take place, marking the official opening of ArtsTwo, the College’s new humanities building on Mile End Road.

The striking £20m edifice, designed by award-winning architects Wilkinson Eyre, will be formally opened during the celebrations by HRH Princess Royal, Chancellor of the University of London.

Call for Papers - Scottish Religion at Home and in the Diaspora

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:32:03 +0000

Date:

15 March 2012

BALH Local History Day 2012

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:14:07 +0000

Date:

16 June 2012

BALH annual lecture 2012 will be given by Professor Karen Hunt, Keele University, 'The local and the everyday: inter-war women's politics'. This will be preceded by a morning presentation and discussion 'Records of the Victorian poor - Poor Law Union Correspondence: an underused source for local historians' by Dr Paul Carter, the BALH AGM and presentations of Awards.

Organiser(s):

Dr Jane Howells British Association for Local History