Events
To foster a lively exchange of ideas and promote scholarly discussions, History staff members and postgraduate students are involved in hosting and organising the staff-postgraduate seminar series, as well as a number of international conferences. Our seminars offer a testing-ground for new research in progress and serve as a platform for visiting scholars, while the conferences hosted at Northumbria University attract large numbers of scholars and students from throughout the UK and further afield. The main events are listed below, but please also visit the event pages of our research groups and American Studies.
The Body and the Industrial Workplace, 1780-1850
Public lecture for the Wellcome project ‘Disability and Industrial Society: a Comparative Cultural History of British Coalfields 1780-1948, Northumbria University, 15 May, 5pm in Lipman 031
Date Posted: April 2013
The Ray Challinor Memorial Conference
Conference in conjunction with the North East Labour History Society, 15 June 2013, Northumbria University, Ellison Building 002, 9.30am to 5.30pm
Date Posted: May 2013
The Battle of Flodden and its Significance: Conference
5 - 7 July 2013, Northumbria University, School of Arts & Social Sciences
Date Posted: April 2012
Annual Conference of Historians of the Twentieth Century United States (HOTCUS)
Northumbria University, 5 - 7 July 2013
Date Posted: September 2012
Annual Conference of Transatlantic Studies Association (TSA)
Northumbria University, 8 - 11 July 2013
Date Posted: September 2012
Staff-Postgraduate Seminar 2012-13 in History
History's Staff-PG Seminar provides an excellent opportunity for staff, postgraduate students and visitors to come together and exchange ideas. All sessions take place on Wednesdays at 5:30 pm in Lipman room 033 unless stated otherwise.
Date Posted: September 2012
British and Irish Worlds Migration Workshop
Workshop for staff and postgraduates; 24 April 2013, Northumbria University, 5pm in Lipman 301
Date Posted: January 2013
