Events

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

Forthcoming Events

'Lent to Copy': Art Rentals in the Age of Jane Austen

'Lent to Copy': Art Rentals in the Age of Jane Austen
Date
22/04/2024
Description
Professor Janine Barchas gives the Centre for Material Cultures and Materialities research seminar

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

CREMS Research Seminar

CREMS Research Seminar
Date
08/05/2024
Description
Hybrid research seminar featuring Dr Will Tosh from Shakespeare's Globe.

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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