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Useful links

Here are a few links that History postgraduates might find useful.

Interesting Blogs

Early Modern Notes

Other postgraduate history networks in Britain

The Midlands

  • Postgrad Forum

    The Postgrad Forum was set up in 2005 by postgrads at the Birmingham University History Department. The concept behind the forum is to provide an informal setting to discuss ongoing research and an opportunity to share ideas and resources. Monthly seminars are held at the History Department at the University of Birmingham, and are open to all interested postgrads. The seminars have been a real success and have proved to be an encouraging and constructive environment for those postgrads giving academic papers for the first time.

    Contact: bhamhistpostgrads@contacts.bham.ac.uk
    Website: http://www.postgradforum.org

The North

  • Histfest 2007

    12th annual conference organised by postgraduate students at the Department of History, University of Lancaster, UK, 12 -13 May, 2007.
    Call for Papers: Histfest is the ideal forum for presenting work in progress to a welcoming and constructive audience. Our aim is to bring together a wide range of postgraduate students working on any aspect of history. We are particularly interested in hearing from students studying in related disciplines. The conference does not have an over-arching theme but we would especially welcome proposals which fall within one of the following areas of study:gender, conflict and commemoration boundaries; war and religion; class, nation and community. Proposals of c.250 words (for papers between 15-20 minutes) should be submitted by 6 April to histfest@lancaster.ac.uk or Histfest, c/o Emma Vickers and Sarah Rose, Department of History, Furness College, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, LA1 4YG.

    Contact: histfest@lancaster.ac.uk
    Website: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/history/postgrad/histfest.htm

  • Arts, Media and Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Seminars

    Hosted by the University of Salford and supported by CIDRA at the University of Manchester, this is a forum for presentations in fields such as politics, philosophy, religions and theology, sociology, social anthropology, psychology, literature, history, human geography, classics, visual and screen studies, and the performing arts. Presenters usually speak for 20 minutes. The event is a friendly occasion where presenters gain experience and make contacts. Participants not wishing to present are warmly welcome.

    Contact: C.Baker@pgr.salford.ac.uk
    Website: http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/cidra/events/postgraduateinitiatives

  • Early Modern Postgraduate Discussion Group

    An inter-disciplinary discussion group, this network aims to bring together students from the five north-eastern universities- Sunderland, Teeside, Durham, Northumbria and Newcastle- studying history, politics, theology, music literature, sociology, law and the sciences. The focus is on discussion of the early-modern world, society and economy between 1450-1800. All meetings will take place in Bishop Cousin's seventeenth century library on Palace Green at the University of Durham.

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    Contact: m.r.greenhall@durham.ac.uk

  • Graduate Seminar in History and Classics

    This weekly seminar series is organised by and for MA and PhD students. Papers are twenty minutes in length, and no abstract is required. The seminar is preceded by a wine reception and followed by drinks and a meal. We welcome attendance and presentations from graduate students at other institutions. Our main research interests are the history of ancient Greece and Rome and the cultural history of Britain and France in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

    Contact: april.pudsey@manchester.ac.uk

  • Sheffield Postgraduate History Forum

    The Forum is an informal setting for the presenting of papers regardless of level of experience or academic position. Seminars are held, according to interest, fortnightly or monthly on Thursday evenings in the Department of History at the University of Sheffield. We would like to encourage papers dealing with open-ended topics of wide appeal & are keen to provide scope for collaborative or roundtable presentations. Further details about the Forum, along with other Sheffield Postgraduate discussion groups in Medieval, Early Modern and Imperial history, can be found through our website.

    Contact: history.postgrads@shef.ac.uk
    Website: www.historypostgrads.group.shef.ac.uk

Scotland

  • Historical Perspectives

    Historical Perspectives is a student-run initiative, involving postgraduates from Glasgow, Stirling and Dundee. Our ‘Work in Progress’ seminar series, aims to provide an informal and friendly platform for postgraduates to present their research. Our annual conference aims to stimulate postgraduate research by developing the existing network of postgraduate students in Britain. Speakers gain experience of presenting their work in a formal setting, acquiring key oratorical and debating skills while attendees have the opportunity to participate in practical workshop events.

    Contact/website: histper@arts.gla.ac.uk
    Website: http://www.histper.co.uk/

The South

Postgraduate Training

If you have any useful links to websites that you think should be listed on here please send them to history.lab@sas.ac.uk.

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