Events

The School of History and Cultures has an extensive programme of events throughout the year including seminars, conferences and day schools.

Forthcoming Events

Radka Šustrová: Historicizing Social Justice: Labour, Rights and Power in 20th-century Central Europe

Date
24/04/2024
Description
The presentation will be based on ongoing research project titled 'Workers' Agency and Social Justice in the Age of Authoritarianism: Austria and Czechoslovakia, 1938–1989'.

Countering Coups in Africa: The Role of International Organizations

Countering Coups in Africa: The Role of International Organizations
Date
24/04/2024
Description
Africa Talks seminar given by Dr Mwita Chacha, CEDAR, POLSIS, University of Birmingham

Speech Difference and Disability Gain in Byzantium, c. 1000-1200

Speech Difference and Disability Gain in Byzantium, c. 1000-1200
Date
24/04/2024
Description
Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies seminar given by Maroula Perisanidi (Leeds).

Material Intelligence Workshop – Steel

Material Intelligence Workshop – Steel
Date
26/04/2024
Description
This event is taking place in collaboration with Material Intelligence magazine

Should we stop talking about The Crusades?

Should we stop talking about The Crusades?
Date
01/05/2024
Description
Professor William Purkis Inaugural lecture

'If editors would courageously alter the gender of the pronouns...' Richard Barnfield, Shakespeare, and a story of critical unscrupulousness

'If editors would courageously alter the gender of the pronouns...' Richard Barnfield, Shakespeare, and a story of critical unscrupulousness
Date
08/05/2024
Description
Hybrid research seminar featuring Dr Will Tosh from Shakespeare's Globe.

Merze Tate, Africa, and the Future of Black Studies

Merze Tate, Africa, and the Future of Black Studies
Date
10/05/2024
Description
BRIHC seminar by Professsor Barbara Savage.

Objects of Conflict: Exploring the Interplay between Materiality, Religion, and Violent Conflict

Objects of Conflict: Exploring the Interplay between Materiality, Religion, and Violent Conflict
Date
16/05/2024
Description
Lucien van Liere (Utrecht) presents the Centre for Material Cultures and Materialities research seminar

Humanities in a Changing World

Humanities in a Changing World
Date
29/05/2024 - 26/06/2024
Description
Professor Julia Black delivers the second in our Transformative Humanities lecture series.

'Iron and Blood': Writing the Histories of Militaries and War

'Iron and Blood': Writing the Histories of Militaries and War
Date
30/05/2024
Description
Panel participants: Peter Wilson (Oxford), Jonathan Boff, Daniel Whittingham, Tom Brodie (University of Birmingham)

What is Horticultural Heritage? - call for papers

Date
11/06/2024
Description
A symposium organised by Winterbourne House and Garden in partnership with the International Centre for Heritage, University of Birmingham

The Empirical Humanities: an obscured tradition with a bright future?

The Empirical Humanities: an obscured tradition with a bright future?
Date
26/06/2024
Description
Professor Rens Bod delivers the third in our Transformative Humanities lecture series.

Music and Majesty

Music and Majesty
Date
01 - 02/07/2024
Description
Music and Majesty: Chapels Royal, Cathedrals, and Colleges, c.1485-1688.

Landscape and Green Spaces in the Midlands: new directions in garden history

Landscape and Green Spaces in the Midlands: new directions in garden history
Date
20/07/2024
Description
Centre for Midlands History and Cultures Annual Conference
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