History News

Space, Place and Translating the Past in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century England, University of Warwick, 27 February 2010

A one-day conference exploring how multidisciplinary approaches to the study of community can better inform our understanding of the historical past. Featuring renowned keynote speakers in the fields of historical and human geography, as well as in the field of visual media and its interpretation.

An interdisciplinary conference at the University of Oxford, St Anthony's College, 26-27 September 2009

New ways of identifying people on the move, buying goods and services, and preventing crimes have been developed in the UK as well as globally. Do these protect our rights, threaten our privacy, or make us safe?

The History Department hosts the History Subject Centre, funded by the Higher Education Academy, which works towards the development of teaching and learning of History in Higher Education. The HEA History Subject Centre has launched its new website at www.historysubjectcentre.ac.uk with a host of features and content.

Painting: Series, Space and Style
Thursday 22nd October 2009, 2-5pm
 
To coincide with the display of Mark Rothko's Seagram Murals, Tate Liverpool is inviting posgraduate students to share research on the themes of series, space and style in modern and contemporary painting.

Saturday, September 19, 2009. Wolfson Room, IHR, Senate House, London

Sponsored by Centre of East Anglian Studies  and  British Association for Local History

Please find details of seminars and lectures within the Faculty at the following url:
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/events?start=200509&view=monthly

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

A four-day Conference at Weetwood Hall, Leeds, 25-28 June 2009. Over 30 internationally renowned academics will present papers on the history of surrender from prehistoric times to the present. Deadline: 11 June 2009. Please contact Mr. Patrick Bourne conference-on-surrender@leeds.ac.uk for more information.

The History Department is pleased to announce a new series of podcast debates. The first in the series looks at the current Parliamentary Crisis in its historical context. The podcasts are supplemented by resources giving further reading, teaching resources and a 'Did you know?' section. Listeners are also able to leave comments and suggestions for future discussions.