British Politics in the Long Eighteenth Century: a Defence of Political HistoryFrank O’Gorman (Manchester)Franco-British History seminar22 November 2012 Abstract: This lecture sought to define the nature of eighteenth century British politics and to explain the...
Voluntary Action History30 January 2012 Gareth Millward (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)Disability and Voluntarism in Britain, 1965-1995: an effective force in policy making? Go back to the 1970s and you might see Ted Heath riding around on a...
Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013Tim White”Crossing Oceans to Cross Rivers: Trans-Atlantic Knowledge & Capital in Tunnelling History”18 January 2013 Abstract: Not long after the London Underground opened, American railroad...
1820: disorder and stability in the United KingdomMalcolm Chase (Leeds)Franco-British History seminar30 May 2013 Abstract: 1820 was a year of European revolutions. The events of these twelve months were probably the greatest test any British peacetime government...
Metropolitan History7 December 2011Applying new spatial techniques in the study of late medieval LondonJustin Colson (CMH/IHR)As part of the postmodern turn in the study of history, the focus on space (alongside the usual questions of who, when, why) has become a...
Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013Ulrike WeberThe advantage of a trip abroad. The emergence of architectural Modernism17 January 2013Abstract: English Modernism has been neglected for a long time. It is only recently that researchers developed...
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