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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| 15:00 | Institute for the Study of the Americas |
The Global Century (Postgraduate Reading Group): World War II and the Postwar Order New attendees are always welcome. Please see The Global Century for further details. |
Room 102 (Senate House, 1st Floor) |
| 15:00 | Institute for the Study of the Americas |
Héctor Béjar: In conversation |
Room 264 (Senate House, second floor) |
| 16:30 | Institute of Classical Studies |
ICLS Ancient History Seminar Bartering for slaves on the Upper Guinea coast in the early seventeenth century |
Room G22/26 (Senate House, Ground Floor) |
| 17:00 | Institute of Commonwealth Studies |
Behind the Headlines: Are We Seeing the Best or the Worst of the Indian State?: A Public Debate This seminar is a joint initiative between ICwS and the King's College India Institute Postponed to 15 March |
Room 265 (Senate House, second floor) |
| 17:00 | Warburg Institute |
German Reading Class. Thomas Mann: Joseph und seine Brüder This is a German Reading Class dedicated to Thomas Mann’s trilogy Joseph und seine Brüder. We meet weekly during term time on Thursday afternoon from 5-6 p.m. Together we read, … |
Warburg Institute |
| 17:00 | Institute of Historical Research |
Improvement and Incarceration: the Strange Case of Nineteenth-Century Dartmoor |
Room G37 (Senate House, Ground Floor) |
| 17:30 | Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies |
The Reception of Classical Antiquity in German Literature Manuel Baumbach (Zurich): Obeying the Law: Leonidas and the Reception of the Persian Warin German Postwar Literature Organised in conjunction with the Institute of Classical StudiesFurther details |
Room 273 (Stewart House, Second floor) |
| 17:30 | Institute of Classical Studies |
ICLS and IGRS Joint Series - The Reception of Classical Antiquity in German Literature II ICLS and IGRS Joint Series - The Reception of Classical Antiquity in German Literature II - Obeying the Law: Leonidas and the Reception of the Persian War in German Postwar Literature |
Room 273 (Stewart House, Second floor) |
| 17:30 | Institute of Historical Research |
Where We Came In: How Film Came to be 'Taken Seriously' in the 1920s and 1930s
Room ST274 |
Room 274 (Stewart House) |
| 17:30 | Institute of Historical Research |
Freedom's Debt: Politics and the Development of American Slavery, 1672-1712
Chair: Erik Mathisen Gordon Room (G34), Senate House, ground floor |
Room G34 (Senate House, Ground Floor) |
| 17:30 | Institute for the Study of the Americas |
Freedom's Debt: Politics and the Development of American Slavery, 1672-1712 This seminar is a joint initiative between ISA and the IHR |
Room G34 (Senate House, Ground Floor) |
| 17:30 | Institute of Historical Research |
The papal chapel and cultural life at the late 13th century Curia
Venue: Court Room, Senate House, South block, 1st floor |
The Court Room (Senate House, First Floor) |
| 17:30 | Institute of English Studies |
Medieval Manuscripts Seminar Richard Firth Green (Ohio State University): 'The Early History of the London Scriveners’ Company Common Paper and its So-Called "Oaths" ' |
Dr Seng T Lee Centre for Manuscript and Book Studies |
| 18:00 | Institute of Advanced Legal Studies |
The UN War Crimes Commission of 1943-1948 Dr Plesch will discuss the history and implications for modern International Criminal Law of the work of the UN War Crimes Commisson (UNWCC) based in the Royal Courts of Justice and of … |
IALS |
| 18:00 | Warburg Institute |
New Testament Greek Reading Class The class meets at the Warburg Institute in the Droz Library. Participants should have a basic reading knowledge of Greek. If you wish to attend please contact the organiser: c.linde(at)ucl.ac.uk |
Warburg Institute |
| 18:30 | Institute of English Studies |
London Theatre Seminar R. Justin Hunt (Roehampton), 'Swapping Spit'Swapping Spit is a paper that describes rather than criticizes. It employs writing as a means of saving and, thus, sharing an experience of queer culture. … |
Room 261 (Senate House, second floor) |