The School of History and Cultures has an extensive programme of events throughout the year including seminars, conferences and day schools.
Forthcoming Events
- Date
- 19/04/2023
- Description
- On Wednesday 19 April we will be joined by a series of PhD students and professional archivists to discuss what the future directions of Birmingham and Black Country History might be.
- Date
- 19/04/2023
- Description
- Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Benjamin Gray (Birkbeck).
- Date
- 19/04/2023
- Description
- War Studies Seminar given by Catherine Bateson
- Date
- 24/04/2023
- Description
- Each of the Centre for Material Cultures and Materialities researchers will briefly present on their current projects and their engagement with material culture studies.
- Date
- 26/04/2023
- Description
- Roundtable discussing the ways in which judgment was refined, exercised and practiced in Early Modern Europe.
- Date
- 27/04/2023
- Description
- What are material inequalities and how can scholars of material culture contribute to our understanding of them?
- Date
- 03/05/2023
- Description
- Henrietta Harrison, Oxford with commentary from Shirley Ye, Birmingham
- Date
- 03/05/2023
- Description
- Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Jessica Lightfoot (Birmingham).
- Date
- 05/05/2023
- Description
- Conference for UK Postgraduate Researchers on the topic of Culture, Power and Identity
- Date
- 09/05/2023
- Description
- One of a series of seminars hosted by Kris Manjapra and Shirley Ye supported by the Leverhulme Trust for postgraduate students in May and June 2023.
- Date
- 16/05/2023
- Description
- Centre for the Study of North America: Guest lecture by Dr Xine Yao
- Date
- 17/05/2023
- Description
- As part of our 2022-23 focus on 'Material Inequalities' the Centre for Material Cultures and Materialities at the University of Birmingham will be hosting a discussion exploring digital access.
- Date
- 17/05/2023
- Description
- Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar series 2022-23 (online seminar): Hannah Čulik-Baird (UCLA)
- Date
- 22/05/2023
- Description
- One of a series of seminars hosted by Kris Manjapra and Shirley Ye supported by the Leverhulme Trust for postgraduate students in May and June 2023.
- Date
- 24/05/2023
- Description
- Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology Seminar given by Pierre Tallet (Sorbonne Université)
- Date
- 30/05/2023
- Description
- Centre for the Study of North America: This PGR-focused event will offer perspectives on post-PhD careers that don't involve teaching in a university.
- Date
- 05/06/2023
- Description
- One of a series of seminars hosted by Kris Manjapra and Shirley Ye supported by the Leverhulme Trust for postgraduate students in May and June 2023.
- Date
- 06/06/2023
- Description
- Centre for the Study of North America: Readings/performances from Sarah James, Beth O'Brien, and Jamie Hale.
- Date
- 07/06/2023
- Description
- Sujit Sivasundaram (Cambridge), Joanna Innes (Oxford),Peter Hill (Northumbria) and Jeppe Mulich (City University of London)
- Date
- 08/06/2023
- Description
- Centre for the Study of North America: Leigh Claire La Berge is a Professor of English at BMCC CUNY and a 2021-2023 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Free University of Berlin.
- Date
- 14/06/2023
- Description
- One of a series of seminars hosted by Kris Manjapra and Shirley Ye supported by the Leverhulme Trust for postgraduate students in May and June 2023.
- Date
- 14/06/2023
- Description
- Leverhulme lecture: Kris Manjapra
- Date
- 20/06/2023
- Description
- One of a series of seminars hosted by Kris Manjapra and Shirley Ye supported by the Leverhulme Trust for postgraduate students in May and June 2023.
- Date
- 27 - 28/06/2023
- Description
- Conference on Family Archives and their Afterlives, 1400-present