Events
The School's extensive events programme is a critical component of its national mission to support and promote research in the humanities and social sciences.
The scale of the programme is unparalleled, offering a wide range of opportunities for early-career and established researchers and for collaborative research at the national and international level.
Each year more than 40,000 participants from around the world attend over 1,500 academic events - from seminars, lectures and workshops to major international conferences.
The majority of our events are free and open to all.
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| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| 09:00 | Institute of Historical Research |
An Introduction to Oral History This course addresses theoretical and practical issues in oral history through workshop sessions and participants’ own interviewing work. It deals with the historiographical emergence and uses of oral history, with particular … |
| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| 09:00 | Institute of Historical Research |
Intermediate Medieval and Renaissance Latin This course builds upon the basis of Medieval and Renaissance Latin I, deepening and extending understanding of the language. By the end of the course, students should feel confident to tackle … |
| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| 14:00 | Institute of English Studies |
Palaeography and Diplomatic for Historians Term 2, Thursday afternoons, 2.00-4.00 for 10 weeks, commencing January 2012. This course is designed to introduce historians to the palaeographical study of a range of source materials, mostly in … |
Senate House |
| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| 09:00 | Institute of Historical Research |
Visual Sources for Historians An introduction to the use of art, photography, film and other visual sources by historians (post-1500). Through lectures, discussion and visits the course will explore films, paintings, photographs, architecture and design … |
| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| 10:30 | Institute of Musical Research |
Music and the Social Research Training in Music Day School Open to all postgraduate students. Advance booking required. Fee payable. Booking form at www.music.sas.ac.uk |
Room 273 (Stewart House, Second floor) |
| 16:00 | Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies |
German Philosophy Seminar Wagner and PhilosophyThe German Philosophy Reading Group is open to philosophers and Germanists, both students and staff, interested in reading and discussing classic texts in German philosophy in their original … |
Room 265 (Senate House, second floor) |
| 16:30 | Institute of Classical Studies |
ICLS Ancient Philosophy Seminar “Uses of Plato in Cicero's philosophical works” |
Room G34 (Senate House, Ground Floor) |
| 17:00 | Institute of Historical Research |
Papal government and the crusade under Honorius III |
Room 103 (Senate House, 1st Floor) |
| 17:00 | Institute of Historical Research |
Beyond the state: responses to mental illness in Uganda, 1894-1972
Colonialism/Postcolonial New Researchers' Workshop |
Room 102 (Senate House, 1st Floor) |
| 17:15 | Institute of Historical Research |
Privy Council politics, faction and rebellion in mid-Tudor Ireland, 1544-8 |
The Court Room (Senate House, First Floor) |
| 17:30 | Institute of Historical Research |
The Making of a French Regionalist: Jean Baffier (1851-1920)
Please note: This session takes place in Senate House, South block, Bloomsbury Room G35 |
Room G35 (Senate House, Ground Floor) |
| 17:30 | Institute for the Study of the Americas |
The Nitrate King: The remarkable life of John Thomas North Talk and book launch Kindly sponsored by the Chilean Embassy in London |
Room 264 (Senate House, second floor) |
| 17:30 | Institute of Historical Research |
Please note: this session has been cancelled.
The speaker who had been engaged for this session has, with regret, been obliged to withdraw. |
Room 104 (Senate House, 1st Floor) |
| 18:30 | Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies |
Tertúlia Reading Group: Mayombe Pepetela: Mayombe [translation by Michael Wolfers] |
Room 265 (Senate House, second floor) |
| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| 11:00 | School of Advanced Study |
Careers Workshop: Applying for jobs in academia The session takes place in Stewart House, second floor, room 268 |
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| 17:00 | Institute of Historical Research |
Odessa: A Jewish City?
Bloomsbury Room (G35) |
Room G35 (Senate House, Ground Floor) |
| 17:00 | Institute of Historical Research |
Organization of Defeat: The BEF and Preparations for Defence of the Western Front 1917-18 |
The Court Room (Senate House, First Floor) |
| 17:00 | Institute of Historical Research |
The British Academic World, 1880-1939
Please note: this session takes place on February 14th, not 7th as announced previously. Venue: Bedford Room (G37) |
Room G37 (Senate House, Ground Floor) |
| 17:00 | Institute of Philosophy |
Logic and Metaphysics Forum: Wiggins, Mackie and Fine on Essentialism |
Room 103 (Senate House, 1st Floor) |
| 17:15 | Institute of Historical Research |
Shaping the seaside resort - the seaside urban developer 1820-1914
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Room 273 (Stewart House, Second floor) |