Modern British History
Seminar or event series
The Modern British History seminar showcases new scholarship in the field, stretching from the 18th to the late 20th centuries and covering a range of approaches. We invite scholars at all career stages to present their work, including postgraduates from the Faculty approaching the completion of their doctorates.
Convenors:
Lucy Delap, Niamh Gallagher, Ben Griffin, Mike Joseph, Helen McCarthy, Renaud Morieux.
The Seminar is grateful for the generous support provided by the Trevelyan Fund
Events
Jan
25
Antiracism and political education: South Asian political Blackness in Britain, c.1964-c.1984
Saffron East (Cambridge)
Feb
8
Electric Citizens: The Status, Rewards and Responsibilities of Manual Workers in Britain's Nationalised Electricity Industry
Ewan Gibbs (Glasgow)
Feb
22
Some ends of liberalism: law, morality and governmentality in the long 1950s
Ben Griffin (Cambridge)
Mar
7
Class and vernacular politics in wartime Britain
Rebecca Goldsmith (Cambridge)
Apr
25
(Re)constructing Collective Memory: Cultural Representations of Section 28
Thursday 25th April Syeda Ali (Cambridge)
This session is in the Castlereagh Room, Fisher Building, St John’s College
May
16
Neonates, neoliberalism and nurseries in contemporary Britain
Emily Baughan (Sheffield)
This session is in the Lightfoot Room, Old Divinity School, St John’s College.