Work in Progress
Work in Progress
History PG Sessions
2024/2025 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 2024/2025 WIP co-conveners: Anna Pravdica and Brendan Tam.
Work in Progress Committee
2024/2025: Anna PravdicaLink opens in a new window () and Brendan TamLink opens in a new window ()
2023/2024: Himesh MehtaLink opens in a new window, (), Anna PravdicaLink opens in a new window (Anna.Pravdica@warwick.ac.uk), and Brendan TamLink opens in a new window (Brendan.Tam@warwick.ac.uk).
2022/2023: Mathilde Alain, Niels Boender, David Fletcher, Paola Medina-Gonzalez, and Maria Tauber
Work in Progress Programme ArchiveLink opens in a new window
Introductory Session, 7 October 2024
Join us on TeamsLink opens in a new window for the first WIP session of the 2024/2025 academic year, to be held online on Monday, 7 October 2024 at 5–6.30pm. We hope to see you there!
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 PG students 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!
Dr Naomi Pullin, 16 October 2024
Join us in OC0.05 or on TeamsLink opens in a new window for the second WIP session of the 2024/2025 academic year, to be held in hybrid format on Wednesday, 16 October 2024 at 5–6.30pm. We hope to see you there!
Warwick History's Dr Naomi Pullin will discuss her ongoing research on solitude in early modern Britain in her talk, 'Writing a Social History of Solitude'! This hybrid session will be held in person in OC0.05 + The WIP co-conveners will also be holding an informal PG social at Varsity following this event at around 6.45pm - all members of the postgraduate community are welcome to attend!
PGR Eloisa Ocando-Thomas, 21 October 2024
Join us in FAB6.02 or on TeamsLink opens in a new window for the third WIP session of the 2024/2025 academic year, to be held in hybrid format on Monday, 21 October 2024 at 5–6.30pm. We hope to see you there!
2nd-year History PhD Eloisa Ocando-Thomas will discuss her ongoing research in her paper, 'Eating, buying and selling food in 18th-century Caracas: Pulperas, guaraperas & female buyers in late colonial Venezuela'! This hybrid session will be held in person in FAB6.02 + To be followed by an informal social at Varsity at around 6.45pm - all members of the postgrad community are welcome to attend!