International History

Venue: Hybrid | Wolfson NB01, IHR & Online-via Zoom.
Time: Tuesdays 18:00
Convenors: James Ellison (QMUL), Gaynor Johnson (Kent), Michael Kandiah (KCL), Saul Kelly (KCL), Effie Pedaliu (LSE), Richard Smith (FCO), Gillian Staerck (IHR), Kate Utting (KCL) and Geraint Hughes (KCL).

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Term 1- Autumn 2024

15 oct 2024

Who Cared about Losing an Empire? Post-War British Apathy Revisited

Stuart Ward (The Saxo Institute, Copenhagen)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

29 oct 2024

Royal Marital Diplomacy and Queenship

Aidan Jones (KCL)

Online- via Zoom

12 nov 2024

Seizing Mosul: Why did British troops capture the city after the First World War was over?

Rod Thornton (KCL)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

26 nov 2024

Fighting for an Airborne Polaris: The US Air Force and the Origins of the Skybolt Crisis Revisited

Dean Pagedas (International Technology and Trade Associates, Inc, Washington )

Online- via Zoom

10 dec 2024

The Career of George Hammond as first British Minister to the United States, 1791-1795

Toby Mings (University of East Anglia)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

Term 2- Winter 2025

14 jan 2025

A Secret Deal? Italy and International Terrorism during the Cold War

Valentine Lomellini (University of Padua)

Online- via Zoom

28 jan 2025

Edinburgh Conversations: Scotland, the Soviet Union and Cold War cultural diplomacy

Niall Gray (University of Strathclyde)

Online- via Zoom

11 feb 2025

Echoes of Empire: Imperial remnants in a post-decolonisation world

James Brocklesby (Sheffield Hallam University )

Online- via Zoom

25 feb 2025

Queenly Interventions: the role of Queen Mary in the management of Britain’s Royal Diplomacy 1918-1939’

Judith Rowbotham (University of Plymouth)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

11 mar 2025

Watching the Jackals: Prague's Covert Liaisons with Cold War Terrorists and Revolutionaries

Daniela Richterova ( King’s College, University of London)

Online- via Zoom

25 mar 2025

Seizing Mosul: Why did British troops capture the city after the First World War was over?

Rod Thornton (King’s College, University of London)

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

International History

Term 1- Autumn 2024

Who Cared about Losing an Empire? Post-War British Apathy Revisited

Royal Marital Diplomacy and Queenship

Seizing Mosul: Why did British troops capture the city after the First World War was over?

Fighting for an Airborne Polaris: The US Air Force and the Origins of the Skybolt Crisis Revisited

The Career of George Hammond as first British Minister to the United States, 1791-1795

Term 2- Winter 2025

A Secret Deal? Italy and International Terrorism during the Cold War

Edinburgh Conversations: Scotland, the Soviet Union and Cold War cultural diplomacy

Echoes of Empire: Imperial remnants in a post-decolonisation world

Queenly Interventions: the role of Queen Mary in the management of Britain’s Royal Diplomacy 1918-1939’

Watching the Jackals: Prague's Covert Liaisons with Cold War Terrorists and Revolutionaries

Seizing Mosul: Why did British troops capture the city after the First World War was over?

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