History Lab talk

Dr Laura O’Brien, lecturer in modern European history in the Department of Culture, will be giving a History Lab talk on Thursday 19th March at 5pm in Priestman 013. ‘Drawing revolution: political caricature in nineteenth-century France’, is based on her research into French political caricature in the first half of the nineteenth century. This is also the subject of her forthcoming book, The Republican Line: Caricature and French Republican Identity, 1830-52 which will be published by Manchester University Press in July.

All are welcome to attend the talk – it’s free for members of the History Lab and £2 for guests.

Privacy, punishment and the press

'I'm against euthanasia because I'm a humanist'

On 11th October 2014 an interview with Dr Kevin Yuill on the subject of euthanasia and assisted suicide was published in the Dutch magazine Trouw. In the interview, Kevin discusses the apparent contradiction - for some - encapsulated in the headline: 'Ik ben humanist en dus tegen euthanasie'. Kevin is the author of Assisted Suicide: The Liberal, Humanist Case Against Legalization (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).

The Great War: The Arab World and Islamism

Sarah Hackett in the History Lab

Dr Sarah Hackett

At 5.00pm on Tuesday 11th March 2014 Dr Sarah Hackett of Bath Spa University will be giving a talk for the History Lab entitled '"Keeping up with the Khans": Ambition and Authority amongst Immigrant Communities in British and German Neighbourhoods c. 1960s-1990s'. Venue: Priestman 101.

History Lab

The first History Lab of the 2013-14 academic year features Professor Peter Rushton (Department of Social Sciences, Sunderland University). On Thursday 10th October at 5.00 pm he will be giving a talk entitled ‘Dangerous Words – Sedition and the State in Britain and America, 1660-1800’. Venue: Priestman 111. All welcome.

Jenny Rampling in the History Lab

'The Alchymist, in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone'
 by Joseph Wright of Derby (1771)

Dr Jenny Rampling from the University of Cambridge will be giving a talk on Thursday 25th April entitled 'Practically making the philosophers' stone: recreating alchemical experiments'. This History Lab event takes place in Priestman 102 at 5pm. All welcome.

Helen Graham in the History Lab

On Thursday 7th March Professor Helen Graham (Royal Holloway, University of London) will be speaking on 'The past that will not pass away? Francoism and present-day Spain’s ‘memory wars’ in national and international context'. The talk starts at 5pm in Priestman 102. All staff and students are welcome.

Henry Knight in the History Lab

'The paradox of water: Florida and environmental imagery in the Gilded Age' is the topic of the first talk to be given in the History Lab's spring semester programme. The speaker is Dr Henry Knight of Northumbria University; the time and location is Tuesday February 5th at 5pm in Priestman 102. All welcome.

Spring semester History Labs

Francisco Franco 1892-1975

The new season of History Lab seminars has been announced. The talks start at 5pm, last for 30-40 minutes and are followed by a trip to the pub and a meal to which all are invited.

• Tuesday February 5th 2013, Priestman 102, 5pm: Dr Henry Knight (Northumbria University): 'The paradox of water: Florida and environmental imagery in the Gilded Age'
• Thursday March 7th 2013, Priestman 102, 5pm: Professor Helen Graham (Royal Holloway, University of London): ‘The past that will not pass away? Francoism and present-day Spain’s ‘memory wars’ in national and international context’
• Thursday April 25th 2013, Priestman 102, 5pm: Dr Jenny Rampling (University of Cambridge): 'Practically making the philosophers' stone: recreating alchemical experiments'

Gavin Schaffer in the History Lab

Dr Gavin Schaffer (University of Birmingham) will be appearing in the History Lab at 4pm on Thursday 6th December 2012 (Priestman 102). His talk is entitled  'Making multiculturalism on British TV: Postwar British broadcasting and race'. All History Lab seminars last for 30-40 minutes and are followed by an optional trip to the pub and a meal. Staff and students from all faculties are invited.

Neil Ewins in the History Lab

Alasdair Raffe in the History Lab

Dr Alasdair Raffe (Northumbria University) will be appearing in the History Lab on Thursday 4th October 2012 (Priestman 013). His talk is entitled 'Charles II, James VII and the problems of the Scottish Church.' All History Lab seminars start at 5pm, last for 30-40 minutes and are followed by an optional trip to the pub and a meal. Staff and students from all faculties are invited.

New season of History Lab seminars announced

Detail from a portrait of King Charles II
after Adriaen Hanneman (NPG)   

The History Lab has announced its new season of seminars. All talks start at 5pm, last for 30-40 minutes and are followed by a trip to the pub and a meal to which all are invited. The location is Priestman Building, Room 013. Everyone is welcome!

4th October  Dr Alasdair Raffe (Northumbria University) 'Charles II, James VII and the problems of the Scottish Church'

8th November  Dr Neil Ewins (University of
Sunderland) 'Globalization and the case of the UK ceramic industry'

6th December  Dr Gavin Schaffer (University of Birmingham) 'Making multiculturalism on British TV: Postwar British broadcasting and race'