Every year, the History team at Portsmouth organise a series of research seminars that take place across the autumn, winter and spring terms. Historians are invited from a range of institutions, both in Britain and abroad, to talk about their latest research projects. The subjects presented cover a broad historical timespan and offer insight into a diverse range of topics. This winter/spring there will be talks on the 1924 Pageant of Empire, women’s history, black abolitionist campaigners, neighbourliness and gossip in the Tudor period, and convict workers in Britain’s imperial dockyards. All are welcome to attend.
Winter 2018
The 1924 Pageant of Empire: Modernity, spectacle and re-imagining space
Deborah Sugg Ryan (University of Portsmouth)
Wednesday 14th February, 3:30-5:00pm. Room: Burnaby Building 1.25
‘A Glass Half Full’?: Women’s history in the UK
June Purvis (University of Portsmouth)
Spring 2018
Wednesday 14th March, 3:30-5:00pm. Room: Burnaby Building 1.25
Mapping black abolitionists from Portsmouth and beyond 1835-1895
Hannah-Rose-Murray (University of Nottingham)
Wednesday 25th April, 3:30-5:00pm. Room: Burnaby Building 1.25
Neighbourliness, gossip and resistance in early Tudor Norfolk: Walsingham and Fincham, 1537
Simon Sandall (University of Winchester)
Wednesday 16th May, 3:30-5:00pm. Room: Denis Sciama Building 1.09
Convict workers in Britain’s imperial dockyards
Katy Roscoe (University of London)
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