Work in Progress
Work in Progress
History PG Sessions
2025/2026 Schedule
Sessions every Monday, 5-6.30pm, with the exception of Reading Weeks. Any scheduling variations to be advertised.
If you have any questions or are interested in giving a paper, please get in touch with the 2025/2026 WIP co-conveners: Evie Nash, Anna Pravdica, and Joseph Price.
Work in Progress Committee
2025/2026:
Anna PravdicaLink opens in a new window (anna.pravdica@warwick.ac.uk)
Evie NashLink opens in a new window (evie.nash@warwick.ac.uk)
Joseph PriceLink opens in a new window (joseph.price@warwick.ac.uk)
Work in Progress Programme ArchiveLink opens in a new window
Introductory Session, 13 October 2025
Join us in person in FAB5.01 for the first WIP session of the 2025/2026 academic year, to be held on Monday, 13 October 2025 at 5–6.30pm.
During this introductory session we’ll catch up with returning PGs, welcome new additions to the community, and discuss what research everyone got up to over the summer. All postgraduates are encouraged to attend and share their work, no matter how unfinished, and any and all ideas and suggestions for future topics and speakers are welcome!
PGR Evie Nash, 20 October 2025
Join us in FAB5.01 or on TeamsLink opens in a new window for the second WIP session of the 2025/2026 academic year, to be held on Monday, 20th October at 5-6:30pm.
2nd-year PhD Evie Nash will discuss her ongoing research in her talk, 'The Use of the Vagrancy Laws Against Quakers in Devon, 1656'. This hybrid session will be held in person in FAB5.01. The WIP co-conveners will also be holding an informal social at Varsity following the event - all members of the PG community are welcome to attend!
PGR Shreya Khaund, 27 October 2025
Join us in FAB5.01 or on TeamsLink opens in a new window for the third WIP session of the 2025/2026 academic year, to be held on Monday, 27th October at 5-6:30pm.
2nd-year PhD Shreya Khaund will discuss her ongoing research in her talk, 'Rituals of Rupture: Seismic Events and Sacred Geographies in Assam, c.1850'. This hybrid session will be held in person in FAB5.01. The WIP co-conveners will also be holding an informal social at Varsity following the event - all postgrads are welcome to attend!
PGR Anna Bruins, 03 November 2025
Join us in FAB5.01 or on TeamsLink opens in a new window for the fourth WIP session of the 2025/2026 academic year, to be held on Monday, 3rd November at 5-6:30pm.
2nd-year PhD Anna Bruins will discuss her ongoing research in her talk, '(Un)settled: Experiencing, Evaluating, and Extracting Indian Ocean Nature with Issac Johannes Lamotius (c.1646-1718)'. This hybrid session will be held in person in FAB5.01. The WIP co-conveners will also be holding an informal social at Varsity following the event!
PGR Lewis Twiby, 17 November 2025
Join us in FAB5.01 or on TeamsLink opens in a new window for the fifth WIP session of the 2025/2026 academic year, to be held on Monday, 17th November at 5-6:30pm.
3rd-year PhD Lewis Twiby will discuss their ongoing research in their talk, 'A Saint in El Paso: Santa Teresa, Religion, and the US-Mexican Border during the 1890s'. This hybrid session will be held in person in FAB5.01. The WIP co-conveners will also be holding an informal social at Varsity following the event!
PGR Mia Edwards, 02 December 2025
Join us in FAB5.01 or on TeamsLink opens in a new window for the sixth WIP session of the 2025/2026 academic year, to be held on Monday, 2nd December at 5-6:30pm.
4th-year PhD Mia Edwards will discuss her ongoing research in her talk, '"Are we MEN?" Physicality, Physical Disability, and Masculinity in Nineteenth-Century Anti-Slavery Texts'. This hybrid session will be held in person in FAB5.01. The WIP co-conveners will also be holding an informal social at Varsity following the event!
PGR Nina Opgen-Rhein, 08 December 2025
Join us in FAB5.01 or on TeamsLink opens in a new window for the seventh WIP session of the 2025/2026 academic year, to be held on Monday, 8th December at 5-6:30pm.
Visiting PGR Nina Opgen-Rhein will discuss her research in her talk, 'Policing the Provinces: Common Informers and the Community in Late Eighteenth-Century England'. This hybrid session will be held in person in FAB5.01. This event will be followed at ~7pm by a dinner at Panda Mami - all PGT and PGR students welcome!
Prof Penny Roberts, 20 January 2026
Join us in OC1.02 or on TeamsLink opens in a new window for the eight WIP session of the 2025/2026 academic year, to be held on Tuesday, 20th January at 5-6:30pm.
Professor Penny Roberts will discuss her recent book project in her talk, 'Letters in a Basket of Cheese: Uncovering a Secret European Network'. This hybrid session will be held in person in OC1.02. This event will be followed at by an informal postgraduate social at Varsity - all PGT and PGR students welcome!
PGR Josh Grey, 26 January 2026
Join us in OC1.07 or on TeamsLink opens in a new window for the ninth WIP session of the 2025/2026 academic year, to be held on Monday, 26th January at 5-6:30pm.
2nd-year PhD Josh Grey will discuss their research in their presentation, '"A Valuable Auxiliary": The Conservative Press as an Expression of Constitutionalism and Loyalism in Late-Georgian Britain'. This hybrid session will be held in person in OC1.07. This event will be followed at by an informal social at Varsity!
PGR Alfisha Sabri, 02 February 2026
Join us in OC1.07 or on TeamsLink opens in a new window for the tenth WIP session of the 2025/2026 academic year, to be held on Monday, 2nd February at 5-6:30pm.
2nd-year PhD Alfisha Sabri will discuss her research in her presentation, 'From Sanctuary to Statehood: Partition, Independence, and Remembrance in a Himalayan Hill Station'. This hybrid session will be held in person in OC1.07. This event will be followed at by an informal postgraduate social at Varsity!
PGR Mark Glubb, 09 February 2026
Join us in OC1.07 or on TeamsLink opens in a new window for the eleventh WIP session of the 2025/2026 academic year, to be held on Monday, 9th February at 5-6:30pm.
2nd-year PhD Mark Glubb will discuss his research in his presentation, 'The Arab Legion: Navigating Imperial Boundaries'. This hybrid session will be held in person in OC1.07. The event will be followed at by an informal postgraduate social at Varsity - all PGT and PGR students are welcome to attend!