City Rivalries and the making of modern London, 1720-1770

Metropolitan History and British History in the Long 18th Century16 March 2011Jerry White (Birkbeck)City Rivalries and the making of modern London, 1720-1770In March 2011 the IHR attempted its first two live streamed seminars.  The idea for the live stream is to show...

Mexican Nationalism: History and Theory

Latin American HistoryMexican Nationalism: History and TheoryDavid Brading (Cambridge)4 October 2011 In 1821 Mexico gained independence from Spain and formed a Republic.  By the 1880s a ‘reformation’ had begun to occur in the Mexican church, trade had moved primarily...

Great wealth in Argentina, 1810-1930

Latin American History15 November 2011 Roy Hora (Universidad Nacional de Quilmes/Conicet, Argentina)Great wealth in Argentina, 1810-1930 Very little research has been done on the very wealthy of Argentina between the late colonial period and the beginning of the...

Space, place and the city: a simple anti-GIS approach for historians

Digital History31 May 2011Professor Richard Rodger (Edinburgh)Space, place and the city: a simple anti-GIS approach for historians    If you suggest using GIS (geographical information system) to an historian they might look back at you blankly or with a...