Cambridge's Public & Popular History seminar - an ongoing series dedicated to examining the practices and characteristics of history in the contemporary world.
Reminder that our next seminar takes place *tomorrow* at 5pm in Sidney Sussex! Join us for a discussion about presenting the Northern Ireland Troubles on screen and in museums, hosted by @AliceMckimm and Prof. Eugenio Biagini
Our first event of term is happening *TODAY* at 5pm in Sidney Sussex! The historian and playwright Katherine Moar will be in conversation with David Reynolds about the relationship between history and theatre.
Our term card for the rest of 2023 is also attached!
Our rescheduled talk by Glen O'Hara takes place today at 5.15pm in the Boys Smith Room, Fisher Building, St John's College. Join us there for a discussion of 'The Janus face of New Labour's social policies'!
A quick reminder that our second seminar of term takes place TODAY at 5pm! Prof. Glen O'Hara will be talking about 'The Janus face of New Labour's social policies' at Christ's College, Yusuf Hamied Theatre.
A quick reminder that our second seminar of term takes place TODAY at 5pm! Prof. Glen O'Hara will be talking about 'The Janus face of New Labour's social policies' at Christ's College, Yusuf Hamied Theatre.
Our first seminar of the term takes place on Zoom at 5pm today! Join us for a fascinating discussion about The Expansion of YouTube History. Zoom details via our mailing list, get in touch if you would like to attend but haven't received a link: [email protected]
Please note our rescheduled meeting dates, in solidarity with UCU strike action. The first event of term on YouTube history will now take place on Wednesday 8 February at 5pm!
Exciting news! Our Lent Term seminars have just been announced. Join us on Zoom at 5pm, Wednesday 1 February, for a panel discussion on the expansion of YouTube history. The link will be circulated via our mailing list: https://t.co/yHo2ZWumSI
The first Public and Popular History seminar of the term is TODAY! 5pm, Knox Shaw Room in Sidney Sussex. It's a joint seminar with Irish Modern History discussing 'The politics of commemoration in the UK and Ireland'
Looking forward to our next session, Wed 16 March, 5pm: ""TV history: History on TV: Dumbing Down or Levelling Up?" with Maddalena Alvi, James Fox @doctorjamesfox, Karina Urbach - for Zoom details sign up @ https://t.co/1sq06bMl4O
Happy New Year's Eve! In our final post of the year, our editor-in-chief rounds up some of the year's major events and the DHP posts based around them. See you in the New Year for a return to our normal schedule! https://t.co/O91BMA7ljO
Quick reminder that our second session of the year is running tomorrow from 5pm on Zoom!
This time, we'll be talking to Hilary Cooper and Simon Szreter about their new book, 'After the Virus: Lessons from the Past for a Better Future'
Sign up here: https://t.co/Xqe4bRgNHL
This is today! If you're already on the Popular History mailing list, you should find a link to the talk in your inbox.
If you're not yet on the mailing list, you can join it here: https://t.co/Xqe4bRgNHL
Hope to see you there!
The Public and Popular History Seminar will be meeting twice this term via Zoom! In our first session, the 10th November, @sixteenthCgirl and @HelenhCarr will be talking about the value of public history in the 21st century and discussing their new book: What is History, Now?
Huge congratulations to Prof Sujit Sivasundaram for his #BritishAcademyBookPrize winning Waves Across the South - brilliant, extraordinary scholarship.
https://t.co/YUg5C0xTQG
The Sandars Lectures 2021 have been announced: https://t.co/Nmrh3MOpcT
Our theme focuses on an object so common in our everyday lives we sometimes fail to notice it: Paper.
Lectures will be given by Dr @orietta_darold, Associate Professor @englishunicam & Fellow @stjohnscam.
Both sessions will take place virtually from 5pm GMT. All Zoom links will be circulated via our mailing list - you can find full abstracts for each talk and subscribe to the list here: https://t.co/Xqe4bRgNHL
The Public and Popular History Seminar will be meeting twice this term via Zoom! In our first session, the 10th November, @sixteenthCgirl and @HelenhCarr will be talking about the value of public history in the 21st century and discussing their new book: What is History, Now?
In our second session, on the 24th November, Hilary Cooper and @SimonSzreter will be joining us to discuss their new book, After the Virus, and how we can learn from history to create meaningful changes in public health policy.