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Seminars

We are home to the UK's largest programme of research seminars dedicated to history, with 60 meeting regularly during the academic year. All welcome, explore the directory below.

African History

The new African History Seminar builds on a long tradition of scholarship on the continent in the United Kingdom in general and London in particular.

Architectural History

This seminar is supported by the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain(Opens in new window)

Black British History

Black British History: Concepts, Geographies, Debates covers all aspects of black British history from the ancient to the contemporary.

Britain at Home and Abroad

This seminar was formed from the merger of the Modern British History seminar and the Reconfiguring the British: Nation, Empire, World 1600-1900 seminar.

British History in the 17th Century

Supported by the Conrad & Elizabeth Russell Fund

British History in the Long 18th Century

Supported by Mark Storey and Carey Karmel, in memory of Arthur Burns

Christian Missions in Global History

This seminar critically examines the history of the global missionary movement from the 1700s to the present.

Collecting & Display

The Collecting & Display seminar provides a forum to discuss the many different issues connected to collections and their display from any period

Contemporary British History

The Contemporary British History seminar seeks to explore all aspects the recent past of the British Isles from a historical point of view.

Crusades and the Latin East

Digital History

The Digital History Seminar focuses on the discussion of historical research that has been made possible by the use of electronic tools and resources.

Earlier Middle Ages

The seminar focuses upon European (including British and Irish) history in Late Antiquity and the earlier Middle Ages, broadly defined as the fourth to the twelfth century.

Economic and Social History of the Early Modern World

European History 1150-1550

European History 1500-1800

Food History

The Food History Seminar provides an inclusive setting in which food historians, academics and experts working in related fields can come together to discuss their research.

Gender and History in the Americas

History & Policy Trade Union Forum

History and Public Health

The History and Public Health IHR Seminar Series is organised by the Centre for History in Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

History Lab

History Lab is the national network for postgraduate students in history and related disciplines.

History Lab Plus

History Lab Plus is a network that supports early career historians and independent researchers.

History of Education

The ‘History of Education Seminar’ at IHR (Institute of Historical Research) is convened by ICHRE (International Centre for Historical Research in Education) members.

History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes

Supported by the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes Seminar Supporters Group and Birkbeck Garden History Group .

History of Libraries

These are jointly sponsored seminars

History of Liturgy

History of Political Ideas

History of Political Ideas-Early Career

History of Sexuality

The seminar series explores historical perspectives on themes as varied as queer(ing) history, sexual reform and identity-based movements and sexuality

Interdisciplinary Seminar on Medievalism

The Interdisciplinary Seminar on Medievalism focuses on the imaginings, re-imaginings and evocation of the Middle Ages

International History

Italy 1200-1700

Jewish History

Supported by Mark Storey and Carey Karmel, in memory of David Eisenberg

Late Medieval

Latin American History

Life-Cycles

This thematic seminar series addresses issues relating to the life-cycle

London Group of Historical Geographers

Since 1989, the London Group of Historical Geographers has organised fortnightly themed seminars that are interdisciplinary in focus.

London Society for Medieval Studies

Founded in 1970/1, the London Society for Medieval Studies seeks to foster knowledge of, and dialogue about, the Middle Ages (c.500–c.1500 CE).

Low Countries History

The Low Countries Seminar is an interdisciplinary group with wide-ranging interests in the history of the Netherlands and Belgium.

Medieval and Tudor London

This seminar series runs during Term 3 only.

Migration and Mobility History

The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history.

Military History

This seminar, founded in 1958 by Sir Michael Howard at the same time as he developed the discipline of War Studies

Modern French History

Modern German History

The Modern German History seminar focuses on the history of the German-speaking lands since the nineteenth century

Modern Italian History

Sponsored by ASMI (Association for the Study of Modern Italy)

Modern Religious History

North American History

Official History: Past, Present and Future

This online seminar series is sponsored by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Historians(Opens in new window), in partnership with History & Policy(Opens in new windo

People, Place and Community

An events series hosted by the IHR's Centre for the History of People, Place and Community.

Philosophy of History

The Philosophy of History Seminar offers a forum for reflection on the nature of historicity, seeking to explore the nature of historical understanding, interpretation, and explana

Planetary Histories

Since the turn of the 21st century, the prospect of planetary histories has begun to appear on the horizon of historians’ views.

Religious History of Britain, 1500-1800

Rethinking Modern Europe

Supported by Lord Tugendhat

Socialist History

The seminar's core remit is to promote new research in the area of socialist history broadly defined, ranging from labour to women history and anti-racism.

Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800

Supported by Mark Storey and Carey Karmel

Sport and Leisure History

The Sport and Leisure History Seminar is organised by the British Society of Sports Historians.

Transport & Mobility History

Tudor & Stuart History

Voluntary Action History

War, Society and Culture

Women's History

The Women’s History seminar was founded in 1986 to provide a venue for papers on the history of women in particular, and of gender more broadly