University of Edinburgh research seminar in Scottish History

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:29:20 +0000

Date:

19 January 2012 - 19 April 2012

These seminars will take place at 5.15pm.

Organiser(s):

Dr Steve Boardman Steve.Boardman@ed.ac.uk

Authorship, memory & manuscripts, 2012: Modern Papers at the Bodleian Libraries

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:00:45 +0000

Date:

24 January 2012

Date:

6 February 2012

Date:

13 February 2012

Date:

20 February 2012

Date:

27 February 2012 - 27 March 2012

2012 Modern Papers Seminar Series: Authorship, memory & manuscripts

Four seminars exploring the writing of political biographies. Each speaker will introduce a document from the Bodleian’s modern political manuscript collections. The subjects are Clement Attlee; Roy Jenkins; Douglas Jay; and 60 years of political interviews by David Butler.

Speakers are Lord (Peter) Hennessy; John Campbell; Mary, Lady Jay; Sir David Butler, and Professor Dennis Kavanagh.

Organiser(s):

Bodleian Libraries, Helen Langley

CFP: Political History Network 2012 Seminar Series

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:03:22 +0000

Date:

15 February 2012 - 30 April 2012

The Political History Network provides an informal forum for modern political historians to present papers, discuss ideas and network. We particularly welcome postgraduate and post-doctorate students working in 19th and 20th century political history, but anyone with an interest in political history is very welcome to take part in our events. Our regular events consist of termly symposiums which feature three or four papers from postgraduate or post-doctorate students working in political history on a variety of themes.

Organiser(s):

Political History Network

Political History Network Seminar (University of Reading)

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:25:53 +0000

Date:

15 February 2012

The Political History Network is a seminar group organised for postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers working in modern political history. The network provides a forum to present papers, share ideas and network. For more information and to register for email updates please visit our website.

Our next seminar will take place at the University of Reading on Wednesday 15th February 2012 and will feature the following papers:

'The party's over: Political responses to fascism in the 1930s' Dr Coleen Weedon, University of Reading

Organiser(s):

Jason Parry (University of Reading)

Authorship, memory & manuscripts, 2012: Modern Papers at the Bodleian Libraries

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:00:45 +0000

Date:

24 January 2012

Date:

6 February 2012

Date:

13 February 2012

Date:

20 February 2012

Date:

27 February 2012 - 27 March 2012

2012 Modern Papers Seminar Series: Authorship, memory & manuscripts

Speakers are Lord (Peter) Hennessy; John Campbell; Mary, Lady Jay; Sir David Butler, and Professor Dennis Kavanagh.

Organiser(s):

Bodleian Libraries, Helen Langley

Meet the Historian: Sally Alexander

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:24:08 +0000

Date:

22 February 2012

'Meet the Historian’ events are an opportunity to hear at first hand from noted historians how and why they became historians in the first place, their thoughts on research and the discipline generally, and about their latest work. There will be the chance to ask questions and enter into discussion, and to join the speaker for drinks after the talk.

Organiser(s):

Sally Osborn

Authorship, memory & manuscripts, 2012: Modern Papers at the Bodleian Libraries

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:00:45 +0000

Date:

24 January 2012

Date:

6 February 2012

Date:

13 February 2012

Date:

20 February 2012

Date:

27 February 2012 - 27 March 2012

2012 Modern Papers Seminar Series: Authorship, memory & manuscripts

Speakers are Lord (Peter) Hennessy; John Campbell; Mary, Lady Jay; Sir David Butler, and Professor Dennis Kavanagh.

Organiser(s):

Bodleian Libraries, Helen Langley

Swansea University Postgraduate Seminar Series 2011/12

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:09:19 +0000

Date:

31 January 2012

Date:

28 February 2012

Date:

27 March 2012

Date:

24 April 2012

Date:

29 May 2012

Date:

26 June 2012

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. These seminars offer a friendly and informal atmosphere in which postgraduates can present and share their research.

Organiser(s):

Scott Jenkins

Bentham Seminar series 2012

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:23:06 +0000

Date:

29 February 2012

Date:

7 March 2012

Date:

14 March 2012

Date:

21 March 2012

Date:

13 June 2012

This year's Bentham Seminar series, organised by UCL's Bentham Project, have been confirmed. All of the seminars will be held between 11am and 1pm in the Committee Room in the School of Public Policy at UCL (Rubin Building, 29/30 Tavistock Square). For further information, please contact Phil Baker (philip.baker@ucl.ac.uk). All are welcome!

All welcome!

29 February 2012

Organiser(s):

UCL Bentham Project

The past in today’s politics: a debate on the state of history-writing as a political act

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:26:54 +0000

Date:

5 March 2012

Is there a place for politics in academic historical research?

Organiser(s):

Clare Makepeace, Victoria Powell on behalf of the Raphael Samuel History Centre and the British Library

Meet the Historian: Mary Beard

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:27:17 +0000

Date:

6 March 2012

Organiser(s):

Sally Osborn

Bentham Seminar series 2012

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:23:06 +0000

Date:

29 February 2012

Date:

7 March 2012

Date:

14 March 2012

Date:

21 March 2012

Date:

13 June 2012

All welcome!

29 February 2012

Organiser(s):

UCL Bentham Project

Goldsmiths History Seminar 2011/12

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:09:52 +0000

Date:

15 January 2012

Date:

7 March 2012

Date:

14 March 2012

Goldsmiths History Seminar programme (and related events), 2011/12

Time: Wednesdays, 5:30-7:00pm (unless otherwise stated)

Venue: Room 143, Richard Hoggart Building (unless otherwise stated)

All events are free and open to public. No registration required. For additional information, please contact the seminar convener Dr Dejan Djokic (d.djokic@gold.ac.uk).

Spring term

15 January
Anastasia Stouraiti (Goldsmiths), 'Marvels of the Levant: Wonder and Empire in Early Modern Venice'

7 March

Women and the Media 2012: Representations Past and Present

danny.millum — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:55:20 +0000

Date:

9 March 2012 - 10 March 2012

Herbal History Research Network Study Day – South and West Region

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:50:59 +0000

Date:

10 March 2012

The aim of this day is to bring together current and interested researchers in herbal history to report on progress in current projects and share ideas and problems. Our theme for the day will be about communicating herbal knowledge in the past. The cost is £10 and kept deliberately low to enable research students to participate although others are most welcome. As this cost is low, please bring your own sandwich lunch! We will arrange for hot water, tea or coffee to be made available.

Organiser(s):

Dr Anne Stobart

Bentham Seminar series 2012

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:23:06 +0000

Date:

29 February 2012

Date:

7 March 2012

Date:

14 March 2012

Date:

21 March 2012

Date:

13 June 2012

All welcome!

29 February 2012

Organiser(s):

UCL Bentham Project

Dissenting Studies Seminar Series

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:40:28 +0000

Date:

11 January 2012

Date:

8 February 2012

Date:

14 March 2012

Date:

9 May 2012

Date:

13 June 2012

Date:

11 July 2012

The seminar will meet monthly on Wednesdays from January to July (excepting April) from 5.15 to 6.45 pm in the Lecture Hall, Dr Williams's Library, 14 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0AR. All are welcome. Those with an interest in Dr Williams’s Library and its collections and in the history of Protestant dissent are especially invited to attend.

1. 11 January 'An Anatomy of Religious Dissent in London, 1700-1830'

Dr John Seed (Roehampton)

Organiser(s):

Professor Isabel Rivers, Dr David Wykes

Goldsmiths History Seminar 2011/12

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:09:52 +0000

Date:

15 January 2012

Date:

7 March 2012

Date:

14 March 2012

NMRN Research Seminar. Those they left behind: Naval families during the Napoleonic wars

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:45:19 +0000

Date:

14 March 2012

Dr Helen Doe, University of Exeter, will give a seminar paper on naval families during the Napoleonic period as part of the ongoing National Museum of the Royal Navy's Research Seminar series.

Organiser(s):

Dr Duncan Redford

PG Colloquium: Cultural Construction in the USSR and States of the Former Soviet Bloc

Mon, 02 May 2011 01:42:04 +0000

Date:

17 March 2012 - 18 March 2012

On March 17-18, 2012, the School of History at the University of Nottingham is hosting a postgraduate colloquium, initiated and organised by its own doctoral students, on the theme of cultural construction in the Soviet Union and states of the former Soviet bloc. The aim will be to explore the origins and nature of cultural discourses and practices in government, academia, the intellectual sphere and everyday life with a view to assessing their influence on the political and social development of these countries.

Organiser(s):

Susanne Sklepek, Olga Bertelsen, Andru Chiorean, Filip Boicu

Bentham Seminar series 2012

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:23:06 +0000

Date:

29 February 2012

Date:

7 March 2012

Date:

14 March 2012

Date:

21 March 2012

Date:

13 June 2012

All welcome!

29 February 2012

Organiser(s):

UCL Bentham Project

Swansea University Postgraduate Seminar Series 2011/12

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:09:19 +0000

Date:

31 January 2012

Date:

28 February 2012

Date:

27 March 2012

Date:

24 April 2012

Date:

29 May 2012

Date:

26 June 2012

Organiser(s):

Scott Jenkins

Swansea University Postgraduate Seminar Series 2011/12

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:09:19 +0000

Date:

31 January 2012

Date:

28 February 2012

Date:

27 March 2012

Date:

24 April 2012

Date:

29 May 2012

Date:

26 June 2012

Organiser(s):

Scott Jenkins

NMRN Research Seminar. Packing a Punch: Naval carttons in print, propaganda and private scribbling

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:49:39 +0000

Date:

9 May 2012

Mr Matthew Sheldon, National Museum of the Royal Navy, will be giving a seminar paper examining naval cartoons and their use as part of the ongoing National Museum of the Royal Navy's Research Seminar series

Organiser(s):

Dr Duncan Redford

Dissenting Studies Seminar Series

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:40:28 +0000

Date:

11 January 2012

Date:

8 February 2012

Date:

14 March 2012

Date:

9 May 2012

Date:

13 June 2012

Date:

11 July 2012

1. 11 January 'An Anatomy of Religious Dissent in London, 1700-1830'

Dr John Seed (Roehampton)

Organiser(s):

Professor Isabel Rivers, Dr David Wykes

Swansea University Postgraduate Seminar Series 2011/12

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:09:19 +0000

Date:

31 January 2012

Date:

28 February 2012

Date:

27 March 2012

Date:

24 April 2012

Date:

29 May 2012

Date:

26 June 2012

Organiser(s):

Scott Jenkins

West Point Summer Seminar in Military History

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:50:07 +0000

Date:

10 June 2012 - 29 June 2012

The Department of History at the United States Military Academy is pleased to announce its annual Summer Seminar in Military History.

Bentham Seminar series 2012

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:23:06 +0000

Date:

29 February 2012

Date:

7 March 2012

Date:

14 March 2012

Date:

21 March 2012

Date:

13 June 2012

All welcome!

29 February 2012

Organiser(s):

UCL Bentham Project

Dissenting Studies Seminar Series

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:40:28 +0000

Date:

11 January 2012

Date:

8 February 2012

Date:

14 March 2012

Date:

9 May 2012

Date:

13 June 2012

Date:

11 July 2012

1. 11 January 'An Anatomy of Religious Dissent in London, 1700-1830'

Dr John Seed (Roehampton)

Organiser(s):

Professor Isabel Rivers, Dr David Wykes

Swansea University Postgraduate Seminar Series 2011/12

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:09:19 +0000

Date:

31 January 2012

Date:

28 February 2012

Date:

27 March 2012

Date:

24 April 2012

Date:

29 May 2012

Date:

26 June 2012

Organiser(s):

Scott Jenkins