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Historical Studies Lunchtime Lectures 2011/12
The Historical Studies 'Lunchtime lecture' series gives students the opportunity to hear lectures of general interest. For example, members of staff may report on their latest research, on pressing research issues or problems, on topical aspects of their work, or indeed on anything else that seems important to them. All undergraduates, postgraduates and staff are welcome to attend. Undergraduates should note that they are strongly urged to attend these lectures because individual research is such an important element of both the History BA and History of Art BA. The lectures can help to widen your interests, deepen your understanding of what research is being conducted by members of staff, and see something of how they go about it.
Unless otherwise notified, all the lectures will take place in Arts Faculty Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1), 13.10-13.50.
Autumn Term 2011
17 October: Robert Bickers, ‘The Scramble for China, 1832-1914’.
24 October: Ronald Hutton, ‘Fairy Tales’.
31 October: Beth Williamson, ‘Leonardo in London and Bristol’
7 November: Evan Jones, ‘Rediscovering Cabot: the Bristol voyages of discovery, 1496-1500’.
14 November: Prof Miri Rubin (Queen Mary), ‘What every historian should know about the Virgin Mary’.
21 November: Josie McLellan, ‘Glad to be gay behind the Wall: the secret history of East German gay liberation’.
28 November: Consultation Session: an opportunity for general discussion concerning the Syllabus, the teaching methods, and other matters.
5 December: Robert Priest, ‘Writing to Ernest Renan: Fan Mail, Hate Mail and the Historical Jesus in Nineteenth-Century France’
12 December: Rebecca Jinks, ‘Wish You Were Here?: Dark Tourism, Genocide Sites, and Experiencing History’.
Spring Term 2012
30 January: Erica Hanna, 'Urban Transformation and the Politics of Space in Dublin, 1960-1970'
6 February: Ann Sumner, 'Court on Canvas: Tennis in Art'
13 February: John H. Elliott, 'History in the Making'.
20 February: David Rowlands, 'War Artist (1985 - present): An Historical Perspective'
27 February: Juliane Fürst, 'Living in a Yellow Submarine: Life in a Leningrad Commune'.
5 March: Ludivine Broch, 'Professionalism in the Final Solution'.
12 March: Kenneth Austin, 'Faith, Friendship and Self-Fashioning: Letter Writing in the Renaissance and Reformation'.
19 March: Rob Skinner, 'The Long and the Short Histories of Human Rights'.
Summer Term 2012
23 April: Felipe Fernández-Armesto, 'Change: Why it Happens, Why it Accelerates, and What Might Happen Next'.
30 April: Mike O'Mahony, 'Researching the Olympic Games'.
For more information please contact Dr Fernando Cervantes.