Hume after 300 Years: The 38th International Hume Society Conference 18 – 23 July 2011 The Old College, Edinburgh Hosted by The Hume Society and The Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities Keynote speakers: * David Fergusson (University of Edinburgh) * Don Garrett (New York University) * J. G. A. Pocock (Johns Hopkins University [...]
Professor of Early Modern History (1,0 fte) The Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen is seeking a professor of Early Modern History. The chair focuses on the study of the history of the period from 1500 to c. 1800. The position involves – coordinating and providing teaching in the above-mentioned field within the [...]
Storytelling: Imagination and the Past A one-day interdisciplinary conference to be held at the University of York on 26th November 2010 Recent decades have seen a host of different attempts to use imagination to facilitate public engagement with the past. New teaching methods, especially in primary schools, have aimed at encouraging children to empathise with [...]
The Twentieth British Legal History Conference University of Cambridge Wednesday 13 July – Saturday 16 July 2011 The Twentieth British Legal History Conference will be held in Cambridge from Wednesday 13 July 2011 to Saturday 16 July 2011. The conference theme will be: Law and Legal Process The conference addresses the intersection between law and [...]
From Our London Spy:* Readers of Napoleonic history may be interested that HMV Oxford Street have a mini-sale, while stocks last: Philip Dwyer, Napoleon: The Path to Power, 1769-1799 (hbk, London, 2007), £3 (RRP £20). Stephen Coote, Napoleon and the Hundred Days (pbk, London, 2004), £5 (RRP £8.99). Aka Robin Rowles