Departmental news

September 10-11, Wellcome Collection, London

The conference will be open themed. Papers should be a maximum of 20 minutes in length with ten minutes for questions and discussion. Abstract should be no lonfer than 200 words and should be sent to The Conference Committe (bsshconference@googlemail.com) by Friday 9 April 2010. Ideas for specialist panels will be strongly considered. 

23-25 March 2010, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford

The Annual Conference of the History Subject Centre has now reached its twelfth successful year. The conference brings together a diverse range of speakers and covers all aspects of teaching and learning. The common objective is to drive forward teaching and learning practices in History at Higher Education level.

Please submit a 300 word abstract by 31 January 2010, to Antony Bounds antonybounds@googlemail.com. Travel and accommodation bursaries are available for speakers. For more information on the conference please email the History Subject Centre HEAHistorysubjectcentre@warwick.ac.uk or visit our website www.historysubjectcentre.ac.uk.

14-15 May 2010, A Workshop at the University of Cambridge

This workshop aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of ideas of India in Britain between 1857 and 1947, by bringing together early-career researchers and more senior academics from different disciplines working on this crucial aspect of British intellectual history.

Papers should not exceed 30 minutes and will be followed by 15 minutes of discussion. To apply please send abstracts of not more than 500 words to the addresses given below. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 15 February 2010. Unfortunately we are unable to provide financial support towards travel or staying arrangements, however we will do our best to provide you with adequate details of how to get here and reasonable places to stay.

Please send abstracts and direct any enquiries to: Mishka Sinha: mishka.sinha@gmail.com or Tom Green: tg245@cam.ac.uk

19th Annual Conference of the Women's History Network, University of Warwick 10-11 September 2010

The idea that selfhood is performed has a very long tradition. This interdisciplinary conference will explore the diverse representations of women's identities in the past and consider how these were articulated.

Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words by 5th March 2010 to whnconference2010@googlemail.com. For more information please contact Dr Sarah Richardson, sarah.richardson@warwick.ac.uk, Department of History, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL.

24-25 June 2010, Scottish Centre for War Studies, University of Glasgow

Conflicts continue to play a significant role in international affairs and the study of their history offers unique insight into the problems facing the contemporary world. This conference provides an opportunity for postgraduates/early-career academics undertaking research into the history of conflict, to present their work to a wider audience, thus highlighting the range of innovative studies currently in progress across the UK.

Proposals (c.300 words) for papers of 20 minutes should be submitted to Ms Ulrike Thieme at u.thieme.1@research.gla.ac.uk by Thursday 15 April 2010. There are no registration costs, and accommodation can be arranged by the organisers. There may be limited funds available to refund travel costs, but delegates are encouraged to apply to their host institutions for assistance. We welcome contact from anyone who wishes to attend the conference.

13-15 May 2010, London debates at the School of Advanced Study

The School of Advanced Study at the University of London invites applications for the second of a series of international debates for outstanding young researchers in the humanities and social sciences.

London Debates are discussion workshops at which a subject of broad concern in the humanities and social sciences is debated by a small group of invited senior academics and a selection of early-career researchers. The resulting publication will be published online by the School of Advanced Study.

The competition is open to scholars based in the EU/EEA, who are in their final-year of doctoral study or up to 10 years beyond the award of their doctorate. Successful applicants will be awarded bursaries to cover travel and accommodation.

The Modern History of the British Abroad: 1-2 April 2010, University of Newcastle

Interdisciplinary and trans-national perspectives on British travel experience and its impact from the eighteenth to the early twenty-first century. Keynote speakers: Jeremy Black, Pablo Mukherjee, Jill Steward. Abstracts: Proposals of 300-400 words and a brief biographical statement to be sent to Dr Martin Farr at martin.farr@ncl.ac.uk and Dr Xavier Guégan at xavier.guegan@ncl.ac.uk by 28 January 2010, or please indicate your intention to send a proposal and the date by which you will be able to send it. Please add 5-6 key words and an indication of the most appropriate subthemes for your paper.

27 March 2010, University of Warwick

This workshop is aimed at postgrads (MA and PhD) and early career researchers with an interest in the historical relationship between voluntary/ charitable work and the home. We welcome submissions from all periods and countries to facilitate a comparative roundtable discussion in the second part of the day. We would encourage papers that consider the particular challenges speakers have encountered while investigating a particular area in the relationship between voluntarism and the home. The event aims to address methodological, thematic and evidential issues, rather than the substantive findings that result from this process. Speakers are therefore encouraged to reflect upon the particular challenges they have encountered in their research. We hope these papers will provide the basis for a lively and constructive debate in the the roundtable element of the workshop.

Abstracts of up to 300 words should be submitted to workshop@vahs.org.uk before 10 February 2010. Please see the attached call for papers for further details. If you would like more information, or have any comments or queries, please contact Stephen Soanes at S.Soanes@warwick.ac.uk

18 March 2010: Half-day Symposium, University of York

The Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies at the University of York invites proposals for a half-day symposium on early modern libraries. Papers on any aspect of the topic are welcome - intellectual libraries, material libraries, knowledge and libraries - but we would particularly welcome papers on women and libraries in the early modern era.

This seminar forms the 4th Thomas Browne Seminar, a forum for early modern studies and intellectual history. Contact Kevin Killeen: kk536@york.ac.uk

13 March 2010, University of Warwick

Warwick Sociology Department would like to announce a call for abstracts from postgraduate students wishing to present at the Warwick Postgraduate Conference 2010 ‘Whose Rights? How Right?’.  This is a conference run by and for postgraduate students in the social sciences and humanities and provides and exciting opportunity to present your work in a friendly and supportive environment.

Abstracts should be up to 300 words and presentation of the papers should not exceed 20 minutes. Please send abstracts to Melissa Menent: M.Menent@warwick.ac.uk. Ensure that you state your name, department and institution in the same document as the abstract. The deadline for abstract submission is 15 December 2009.