University of Winchester Modern History Research Seminars

06/12/2018

We are excited that next Tuesday (11th December) we will be hosting Dr Tom Davies (University of Sussex) who will be speaking on the topic of ‘Mainstreaming Black Power’ (6pm, Medecroft building room 108.)

09/10/2018

This week we have our first two seminars of the academic year:

Sarah Hilton (PhD student at the University of Wi******er): ‘United Nations Peacekeeping: The Protection of Civilians and the Failure to Protect’
Wednesday 10th October, 12noon, Medecroft building room 107.

Dr Matthew Rendle (University of Exeter): ‘Revolutionary Justice versus Revolutionary Violence? Revolutionary Tribunals and the Role of Law during Russia's Civil War, 1917-22’
Thursday 11th October, 6pm, Medecroft building room 108.

All welcome!

06/03/2018

The Modern History Research Centre at the University of Wi******er in partnership with Wi******er Discovery Centre are happy to welcome you to the ‘People on the Move: A History of Modern Migration’ exhibition, which is on display at the Discovery Centre's Wall Space from the 1st to the 31st March 2018. This exhibition highlights current investigations taken by early-career researchers from different universities around the country. The panels explore historical perspectives, experiences and events linked to migration and communities in modern history across different countries.

Please also join us for two free events on Thursday 8th March at Wi******er Discovery Centre:

6:30-7:30pm, Discovery Centre’s Wall Space – History of Migration Exhibition: Discussion with exhibitors.

7:30-8:30pm, Discovery Centre’s Lecture Theatre – Public Lecture: Prof. Hakim Adi (University of Chichester): ‘The African Diaspora in Britain, Transnationalism, Pan-Africanism and Internationalism’.

30/01/2018

Please join us for our next seminar in the series from the Modern History Research Centre, on Monday 5th February (not on the usual Thursday).

Prof. Tony Kushner (University of Southampton): ‘From Exodus 1947 to Lampedusa: Constructing the Migrant as “Illegal”’

Monday 5th February, 6pm, Medecroft building room 110.

05/01/2018

We are excited for our first paper of 2018. Come to Medecroft 16 on 11th January to see Dr Claire Eldridge speak on 'Mobilising Memories of Empire: The Pied-Noir Community, The Algerian War of Independence and France'

07/12/2017

The Centre is excited to be co-hosting this event this evening at the Hampshire Record Office in Wi******er. All Welcome! https://allevents.in/winchester/%E2%80%98remembering-the-victorian-dead-winchesters-west-hill-cemetery/860189937488161 #

"Christina Welch and Mark Allen (Univ. of Wi******er), \u2018Remembering the Victorian Dead: Wi******er's West Hill Cemetery\u2019"

06/11/2017

Please join us for our next seminar in the series from the Modern History Research Centre, on Thursday 9th November.

Dr Jessica Hammett (University of Leeds): ‘Moving to Bettws: Co-producing a history of a 1960s suburban council estate’
Thursday 9th November, 6pm, Medecroft building room 16.

09/10/2017

Just a reminder, this fascinating paper is tonight!

02/10/2017

02/10/2017

We are excited to announce the first paper in our new 2017-18 seminar series 'People on the Move'. At 6pm on Monday 9th October (Medecroft 16) Dr Pippa Virdee (De Montfort University) will be speaking on ‘1947-2017: Reflecting on the Partition of India/Pakistan’. All welcome.

25/09/2017

We are delighted to announce a special guest speaker for our Centre. Dr Markus Wien (AUBG) will be presenting his paper: “Nation Building through the Stomach”: The Introduction of a Standardized National Cuisine in Bulgaria under Communism. 12.00 pm, Wednesday 27 September, in Medecroft 16. All welcome!

25/09/2017

We are delighted to announce our schedule of events for the forthcoming year!! Please take a look. All welcome!

16/05/2017

Please join us next week for our next seminar in the series from the Modern History Research Centre. This event is co-hosted by the Centre for Medical History:

Dr Mike Brown (Roehampton University): ‘Anxiety and Compassion: Emotions and the Surgical Encounter in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain’
Thursday 25th May, 6pm, Medecroft building room 16.

07/03/2017

We have two exciting papers coming up on Thursday 9th May. At 12pm we have our own Stuart McBratney speaking on 'Thomas Jefferson and Slavery: A Revolutionary Paradox' in Stripe Studio 1. Then at 6pm Dr Rebecca Clifford will be speaking on 'Impossible Reconstructions: The Dilemmas of Family Reunification after the Holocaust' in Medecroft 16. All welcome!!

02/02/2017

Please join us at the Wi******er Discovery Centre at 6.30pm on FRIDAY 10TH FEBRUARY to hear Dr Emma Vickers speaking as part of LGBT History month. The talk is entitled '‘Sanctuary or Sissy? Male cross dressing as entertainment in the British Armed Forces, 1939-45". All welcome!

02/02/2017

We have some very exciting events coming up this month. Please join us!

Celebrate Le***an, Gay, Bisexual, Trans History Month UK with us, come down to Wi******er Discovery Centre for some great events and a showing of the Rocky Horror Show! With University of Wi******er Modern History Research Seminars & Hampshire Pride.

12/01/2017

Just a reminder about our very exciting seminar this evening.

09/01/2017

Please join us this Thursday at 6pm in Medecroft 16 for another fascinating paper and the first of the New Year. Professor Emma Griffin will be talking on masculinity and fatherhood in Victorian Britain.

05/12/2016

Our final seminar of the year will take place this Thursday in Medecroft 16. Come see our very own Dr Sian Edwards discuss her research on youth organisations, citizenship and the countryside in post-war Britain!

07/11/2016

Two fascinating papers. This Thursday at 12pm and 6pm. All welcome.

07/11/2016

We are excited to announce that this Thursday we will be hosting two exiciting events. At 12 noon Professor Markus Wien (American University in Bulgaria) will be speaking on the ‘Redefinition of Jewish Group Identities in Bulgaria after 1878’. Followed by Dr Ben Anderson (Keele University) at 6pm who will be talking about ‘The Modernity of being Anti-Modern: Mountaineers in turn-of-the-century England and Germany’. All welcome!

18/10/2016

We are happy to share the page promoting our colleague's Louise Curth's Inaugural Lecture. All welcome!

Join us next Thursday the 27th for an Inaugural Lecture by Louise Hill Curth, the University's Professor of Medical History.

Professor Hill Curth specialises in Early Modern English medical history, with a focus on the health and illness of animals. Her inaugural lecture will show how Early Modern medical beliefs and practices were based on ancient Greek ideas. She will examine why animal health care not only existed but thrived in the ‘pre-scientific’ period before the founding of England’s first veterinary college in 1791.

Refreshments from 18.00, the lecture starts at 18.30. For more information and to book your free seat, go to www.winchester.ac.uk/curth.

12/10/2016

Please join us tomorrow at 6pm to hear Fatma Coşkuner (Koç University, Istanbul Turkey) speaking on ‘Russian and Ottoman orientalisms through the artistic visions of Vasily Vereschagin and Osman Hamdi Bey’.

04/10/2016

04/10/2016

We are very excited that our first research seminar will be next week. Next Thursday (13th) Fatma Coşkuner (Koç University, Istanbul Turkey) will be speaking on ‘Russian and Ottoman orientalisms through the artistic visions of Vasily Vereschagin and Osman Hamdi Bey’. All welcome!!

26/09/2016

We now have a full, finalised and extremely interesting programme for coming year. All welcome!

10/03/2016

Tonight Dr Martin Farr from the University of Newcastle, will be joining to conclude this years seminars with
‘Margaret Thatcher’s World’ We hope to see you there

08/01/2016

Please come and join us, Thursday the 14th from welcome Prof. Graham Dawson from the University of Brighton to speak about 'Memory, the afterlife of emotion, and 'post-conflict' temporalities in conflict transformation after the Irish Troubles'.

08/12/2015

Join us on Thursday for the concluding lecture of this year’s Modern History Research Seminars, with Dr Rosalind Carr anticipated talk on ‘Polite Violence on the New South Wales Frontier, 1788-c.1815'