History News

Tuesday 8 June 2010, School of History, University of Nottingham

The aim of this one day conference is to examine interdisciplinary approaches to history and to identify how collaborative work between ancillary disciplines can improve and redefine historical writing. The conference welcomes proposals from post graduate students wishing to submit a 15-20 minute paper on any aspect of collaborative history, please send all submissions by 31 January 2010 to Warren Dockter at ahxwd1@nottingham.ac.uk.

5 March 2010, Department of French Studies, University of Warwick

Proposals for papers are invited for a one-day conference on the theme of histoire(s) from research students in any area of French Studies including those with an interdisciplinary focus from other departments such as comparative literature, music, history or art.  The differing definitions ascribed to the notion of ‘histoire(s)’ in discourse significantly direct our own specific frames of reference; as such, this conference will follow a rather fluid thematic pathway stemming from the inherent ambiguousness of the French term. Exploring the many possible interpretations and their interconnectivity, and questioning the possibility of distinguishing fact from fiction, ‘history’ from ‘story’, we will explore aspects such as the filtering and rewriting of histoire(s) as well as the means of transmission, allowing for the representation of a variety of voices and a consideration of multiple perspectives.  It is hoped that papers will also challenge the idées reçues surrounding the linearity of histoire(s) and the issue of legitimisation.

Please find the link below for the Faculty of Arts Events List which includes details of seminars and lectures within the Faculty.

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/events?start=111109&view=monthly

If you would like to advertise an event please email Kerry Drakeley, artsfaculty@warwick.ac.uk

Doors will open at 7.30pm for this year's party on Thursday 17 December in the Panorama Room, Rootes Building.

The party will include a quiz followed by a disco. The event is free, and open to any member of staff who would like to attend. There will be festive treats on the tables and pizza slices to enjoy during the early part of the evening. If you'd like to take part in the quiz, you'll need to register your team by filling in our online form. 

The next Strategy Bites session, focussing on the Institute of Advanced Study will take place on Friday 4 December from 12:30pm to 1:30pm. For more information see:

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/insite/newsandevents/intnews2/strategybitesias09

10 June 2010, University of Reading, School of Modern Languages and European Studies

Contributions to this postgraduate conference are invited from postgraduate and postdoctoral students on the following topics: The narrator; Sermons; Dialogues between learned and unlearned texts; Translations; Translatio studii; Debates; Rhetoric; Poetics.

All papers should last 20 minutes. A selection of these papers will be considered for publication in a special issue of Reading Medieval Studies.

Proposals for papers should be sent to the conference organizers: Professor Françoise Le Saux (f.h.m.le-saux@reading.ac.uk) and Dr Catherine Léglu (c.leglu@reading.ac.uk).

7 December 2009, 17:30,  Rothley Court Hotel, Rothley, Leicestershire, LE7 7LG (Wilberforce Rm)

To mark the 150th anniversary of the death of Thomas Babington Macaulay, Prof. Catherine Hall will present a critical reassessment of Macaulay at his birthplace, Rothley Temple, Leicestershire. For more information please download the poster here.

N.B. As seating is limited please book beforehand with Natalie Martin Csig@lboro.ac.uk. For further information please email Csig@lboro.ac.uk, or Dr. Robert Knight R.G.Knight@lboro.ac.uk.

30 November 2009, University of Warwick: IAS Seminar Room, Milburn House

The final, revised programme is now available: please click here to download the pdf file. If you would like to attend and haven't yet registered, please email Deborah Toner at D.Toner@warwick.ac.uk