Archive for June, 2011
Barry Coward Memorial Fund
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011The Barry Coward Memorial Fund The Historical Association are starting a special fund in Barry Coward’s name to support the Great Debate and, hopefully, to raise money to support adults returning to education. Barry was President of the HA from 2005 to 2008 seeing us through our Centenary Celebrations in 2006 and the first Great [...]
CFP: Louis XIV Outside In, Oxford, May 2012
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011From The Williamite Universe: Louis XIV: Outside In: Reactions and Responses to the Sun King beyond France A conference at the Maison française d’Oxford, 3-4 May 2012 Sponsored by the Williamite Universe and the Maison française Prospectus and call for papers Louis XIV has always been a great figure of European history, and considerable scholarly [...]
Frederick the Great Photo Competition: German Historical Institute
Monday, June 20th, 2011To mark the 300th birthday of the Prussian King Frederick II (Frederick the Great) on 18 October 2011 the German Historical Institute London will be holding an event (lecture and discussion) on the topic ‘Frederick the Great in the Visual Media of his Day’. In conjunction with this event the Institute is also holding a [...]
Does it matter that Zhou Enlai’s quip has been debunked? It’s too early to say!
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011From History Today: One of the more celebrated quips of the 20th century has turned out to be less sagacious than it once seemed. During Richard Nixon’s visit to Beijing in 1972, the Chinese premier, Zhou Enlai, was asked about the impact of the French Revolution. Speaking of an event that took place nearly two [...]
Opportunity: Software Development Manager (SDM), LAMP Platform – Stevenage, UK
Monday, June 13th, 2011Another job opportunity from electronic academic publishers Alexander Street Press: Software Development Manager (SDM), LAMP Platform – Stevenage, UK Alexander Street Press is an award-winning electronic publisher, providing innovative products to academic and public libraries worldwide. Highly regarded in our field, we produce online collections of textual, audio and video materials, and create tools to [...]
CFP: Capturing Witches, Lancaster, August 2012
Monday, June 13th, 2011CFP: Capturing Witches: Histories, Stories, Images 400 years after the Lancashire Witches Lancaster University 17-19 August 2012 Confirmed Keynote speakers: Diane Purkiss (Oxford); Robert Poole (Cumbria) In 2012, a year-long programme of events in Lancaster and the surrounding area will mark the 400th anniversary of the trial and execution of the first group of Lancashire [...]
The Duel: Prof Stuart Carroll & End of Year Party, 23 June
Sunday, June 12th, 2011Our next event… Prof. Stuart Carroll (University of York), ‘The Duel’, Thursday 23 June, 6.30 pm, room B36, followed by our end of year party in room B02 Prof. Carroll is a distinguished historian of early modern France who has published widely on the French nobility and violence. His books include Blood and Violence [...]
‘Francis Barlow: Painter of Birds and Beasts’ Exhibition at Clandon Park, 10 May – 24 July 2011
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011Prof. Michael Hunter and Nathan Flis of St Catherine’s College, Oxford, have curated an exhibition at Clandon Park of printed images produced by Francis Barlow (c.1626-1704). This is the perfect setting because the house contains a number of important paintings by Barlow including The Decoy, and Landscape with Birds and Fishes, and so it is a [...]
Prof. Michael Hunter to give the 2011 Roy Porter Lecture, 20 June at The Wellcome
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011The Wellcome Library invites you to the 2011 Roy Porter Lecture: ‘The Decline of Magic: Challenge and Response in Early Enlightenment England’, by Professor Michael Hunter, Birkbeck, University of London, on Monday 20 June 2011, 18.30-19.30, at Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE. To be followed by a drinks reception in the Wellcome [...]