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 … |
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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 … |
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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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| 10:30 | Institute of English Studies |
Methods and Resources Methods and Resources MA Study Day 2 Wim Van Mierlo (Institute of English Studies): Mastering the Dissertation. Participants are invited to email in advance with particular questions or issues they would like to … |
Room G34 (Senate House, Ground Floor) |
| 11:00 | Institute of English Studies |
Modernism Research Seminar Series Modernism and the PopularLen Platt (Goldsmiths): 'Modern and Modernism in West End Musical Theatre, 1895-1939'Michael Sayeau (UCL): 'Modernism: Ads Without Products' |
Room G37 (Senate House, Ground Floor) |
| 14:00 | Institute of English Studies |
The Future of Poetry Kathleen Jamie’s Tree House: a consideration. |
Room 274 (Stewart House) |
| Time | Institute | Title | Venue |
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| 17:00 | Institute of Historical Research |
Illness or disability? Conceptualising the long-stay patient in post-war mental health services
Venue: ST276, 2nd floor, Stewart House |
Room 276 (Stewart House, Second floor) |
| 17:00 | Institute of Advanced Legal Studies |
EU Criminal Law: What's New for 2012? Organised with the European Criminal Law Association (UK). |
IALS |
| 17:00 | Institute of Historical Research |
Discussion on his new book on the early history of the African slave trade: The Rise of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Western Africa, 1300-1589
Venue: ST274/5, 2nd floor, Stewart House With responses from José Lingna Nafafe and Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias PF (Birmingham) |
Room 274/275 (Stewart House, Second floor) |
| 17:00 | Institute of Historical Research |
Marc Bloch and the royal touch revisited |
Room 103 (Senate House, 1st Floor) |
| 17:15 | Institute of Classical Studies |
Latin Literature Seminar |
Room G37 (Senate House, Ground Floor) |
| 17:15 | Institute of Historical Research |
'A Man Cannot See His Own Faults': British Professional Trainers and the 1912 Olympics |
Room G35 (Senate House, Ground Floor) |
| 17:30 | Institute of Historical Research |
From the personal to the political. Researching the German KPD
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Room G34 (Senate House, Ground Floor) |
| 18:00 | Warburg Institute |
Aby Warburg Reading Group The aim of this reading group is to read and discuss a selection of Aby Warburg’s writings in order to explore the interest and validity of his theories about images. … |
Warburg Institute |
| 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 … |
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| 09:00 | Institute of Commonwealth Studies |
100 days of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group reform agenda – progress and priorities The Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group (EPG) was established in 2009 to develop options for reform to reinvigorate the Commonwealth. The EPG submitted its report, including 106 recommendations to the 2011 CHOGM. … |
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| 13:10 | Warburg Institute |
From Devilry to Divinity: Readings in the Divina Commedia 8 sessions per term in the Warburg Institute Lecture Room Tuesdays 1.10 - 2.15 p.m. commencing on 4 October 2011Autumn Term - Hell; Spring Term - Purgatory; Summer Term - Paradise After reading … |
Warburg Institute |
| 13:10 | Warburg Institute |
From Devilry to Divinity: Readings in the Divina Commedia. Spring Term: Purgatory Week 5: Canto X. The First Cornice: the proud. After reading Dante in Italian, with English translation and visual and verbal commentary, there will be time for informal and informed discussion … |
Warburg Institute |
| 17:00 | Institute of Historical Research |
The British Academic World, 1880-1939 |
Room G37 (Senate House, Ground Floor) |
| 17:00 | Institute of Historical Research |
The knock on the door: An English Jesuit observes the suppression of the Society of Jesus (1773)
Please note: this session has been moved to the Holden Room 103, Senate House, South block, 1st floor |
Room G35 (Senate House, Ground Floor) |