Programmes and Events
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Research Seminars and Reading Groups
The postgraduate students are very welcome to attend the Department Research Seminar which takes place on Wednesdays from 4.30-6 pm on Microsoft Teams. Last year's speakers included Catherine Hall (UCL) ‘Doing Reparative History: Bringing Race and Slavery Home'; Joanna Bourke (Birkbeck), ‘Ordinary and Extraordinary: Sexual Violence and Psychiatry from the Fin de Siècle to #MeToo’, Jeremy Adelman (Princeton) 'The Need for Strangers: A Story of Love and Loathing', Barbara Taylor (Queen Mary) ‘Philosophical Solitude: David Hume vs. Jean-Jacques Rousseau’ and Pratik Chakrabarti (Manchester), ‘Is Deep History White?’.
The History Department is also host to an extensive collection of research centres and groups which run their own activities and events including:
- Centre for the History of Medicine
- Early Modern and Eighteenth Century Centre
- European History Research Centre
- Global History and Culture Research Centre
For more information on these Centres and other research groups and projects in the Department, see here. Please get in touch with Centre Directors if you would like to know more.
Events Calendar
The Department of History Events Calendar gives details of all seminars, conferences, workshops and events. Upcoming department events are listed below:
Department
Welfare and Support
PhD Activities and Information
- Communication
- Research Degree Courses
- Supervision
- Work in Progress
- Graduate Research Forum
- GRF Calendar
- Ethical Approval for Research
- PGR Annual Reviews Booking
- Research Seminar
- PG Research Fund
- Postgraduate Conference
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Your Thesis and Viva Voce
Personal Development
- Opportunities to Teach
- Events and Engagement
- Awards and Prizes
- Funding Opportunities
- Careers and Employment
- Language Support
Help Beyond the Department
Student Voice
Careers and Life beyond PhD
- Links: Life beyond PhD
- Careers