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Thursday, November 11th, 2010Creighton Lecture 2010 18 November 2010 This year’s Creighton Lecture will feature Professor Tim Blanning (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge) who will present his paper on ‘The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation past and present’. The lecture, will take place in the Beveridge Hall, Senate House, Malet Street, and will be followed by a [...]
CFP: Book Destruction
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010CFP: Book Destruction 16 April 2011 Senate House, University of London Much attention has been given in recent years to the book as a material, historical object and its possible technological obsolescence in the era of digitization. Such reflections have tended to concentrate on the production and cultural circulation of books, their significance and their [...]
March Against the Savage Education Cuts!
Friday, November 5th, 2010The NUS and UCU are jointly organising a national demonstration – ‘Fund Our Future: Stop Education Cuts’ – to take place on Wednesday 10 November 2010. Meet at Horse Guards Avenue – 11.30am. More details here: http://www.demo2010.org/?utm_source=taomail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5936+URGENT%3A+National+Demonstration+against+education+cuts+-+Wednesday+10+November&tmtid=25862-5936-2-1446-357766
Early Image of Nonesuch Palace To Be Sold At Christies
Thursday, November 4th, 2010An early watercolour painted by the Flemish artist Jortis Hoefnagel in 1568 expected to fetch 1.2 M! More here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/nov/03/henry-viii-palace-nonsuch
Enlightenment Correspondence: letter-writing and reading in the 18th century
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010Enlightenment Correspondence: letter-writing and reading in the 18th century 13 November 2010 – 9.30am-5pm Tsuzuki Lecture Theatre, St Anne’s College, Oxford Presented by the Electronic Enlightenment Project and the Bodleian Library Centre for the Study of the Book A colloquium on the sociology of the letter, exploring the links between correspondence and publishing in the [...]
Social History of Knowledge: Peter Burke, 9 Nov, Birkbeck
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010Loss and Gain: the social history of knowledge 1750-2000 Public lecture given by Professor Peter Burke (BIH Visting Fellow) Tuesday 9 November, 6.30pm, Room B34, Birkbeck Main Building Free and open to all – no registration needed This lecture summarizes a chapter in a book Peter Burke is currently writing on the social history of [...]
Save the Cleveland St Workhouse from demolition!
Monday, November 1st, 2010Save The Strand Union Workhouse on Cleveland St, in Fitzrovia, London, from demolition! It was built in the 1770s, when the area was still mostly fields, and is unique in being a purpose-built Georgian workhouse that has been in continuous use as a facility for the sick and poor of London for over 230 years. The workhouse [...]
A Bumper Harvest of History: It’s History Carnival No. 92!
Monday, November 1st, 2010Mists, Mellow Fruitfulness, & Remembrance: A HISTORY HARVEST FOR NOVEMBER 2010 Welcome to the 92nd History Carnival (aka HC92)! Thank you to all who sent nominations for this Carnival. I have elected to use all of the nominations received over the last month. I’ve also added a few gems (admittedly mostly early modern!) which caught [...]
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