Department of History at Queen Mary

News and updates from the Department of History at Queen Mary University of London. #QMHistory

[Department of History at Queen Mary @QMHistory]

We're inviting expressions of interest from post-doctoral researchers considering making an application for the 2025/26 British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship competition.

For more information on this opportunity please see the below:
https://t.co/f6rOVbHEEt

[Department of History at Queen Mary @QMHistory]

Book your place at 'New Research on Late Medieval England', an event showcasing innovative work from our scholars in the field of medieval studies. We will also celebrate our very own Virginia Davis for her outstanding academic contributions.

Book now:
https://t.co/GYW6lG723W

[Department of History at Queen Mary @QMHistory]

Join us on the 25th April for a symposium to celebrate the new book by Quentin Skinner, Liberty as Independence: The Making and Unmaking of a Political Ideal. 💭

Register your place here: https://t.co/bBVQrpU4HQ

[Department of History at Queen Mary @QMHistory]

Join us on Tuesday, 8th April, from 17:00 – 19:00 for the public lecture 'In a Strange Land: Sex, the Political, and Black Domesticity' delivered by Professor Herman L. Bennett, Global Professorial Fellow in History.

Register here: https://t.co/L4ICTqOZkE

[Department of History at Queen Mary @QMHistory]

Come and help the School develop supportive visuals for new arrivals. We are looking for current students willing to share their experience of experiencing university for the first time, and what information they needed and did not directly find.

[Mile End Institute @MileEndInst]

Over the coming month, the @MileEndInst will be holding FIVE different events.

We have something for everyone, ranging from electoral reform and the recent #germanelectionsto democratic decline and the political economy of Starmer's Labour.

Find out more and book your place⬇️

[Professor Amanda Vickery @Amanda_Vickery]

Just a few tickets left for History East on 28 March @QMUL @MileEndInst @QMHistory celebrating our distinguished history of outreach with Sarah Waters, Robert Harris, Phillipa Gregory @Natasha_Walter & more. https://t.co/BExTJdv7vZ

[Tom Chidwick @TomChidwick]

Great to see legendary @QMUL historian James Ellison talking about the 'Special Relationship' on @BBCNEWS this lunchtime ahead of the Prime Minister's trip to Washington.

One for @QMHistory and @QMUL_HSS's scrapbooks!

[RaphaelSamuelHistCen @RSHistCentre]

Join us tomorrow!
‘Decolonization’s Discontents: Unfinished Revolutions in the Age of Independence’
6 March 2025, London E1
With Dr Elisabeth Leake, Lee E Dirks Chair at Tufts’ Fletcher School of Diplomacy
Book here https://t.co/WRKf1eWcwn
@QMHistory
@BirkbeckHCA
@centreintlhist

[Mile End Institute @MileEndInst]

The first eight months of Labour government have been tumultuous. Nowhere more than in the politics of economics.

In our next webinar, @j0ne_s_, @Samfr, @KAlexanderShaw, @theobertram and @QMPoliticsIR Colm Murphy will explore what we've learned about Labour's economic policies.

[Department of History at Queen Mary @QMHistory]

Join us in discussing the historical and contemporary political aspects of whether the UK Left still has a blind spot with regard to Ukraine.

📅 Monday, 10 Feb 2025, 18:00 - 20:30 GMT
📍 Queen Mary University of London

Register your spot here: https://t.co/ZcM4VJKC8c

#CEREES

[Mile End Institute @MileEndInst]

On Tuesday, we were delighted to welcome @SayeedaWarsi to @QMUL for the third in our new series of distinguished 'Hennessy Lectures'.

Baroness Warsi reflected on her life and career as a Muslim woman born in Yorkshire, and offered "the anatomy of a prejudice" in Britain today.

[Cambridge University Press Bookshop @CUPBookshop]

Liberty as Independence by Quentin Skinner (@QMHistory) is released today. To learn more register for our book launch on 11 March, 18:00pm
https://t.co/aksets5vo1
@cambridge_cpt @CUP_PoliSci

[Mile End Institute @MileEndInst]

Tonight is the third in our new series of lectures celebrating Peter Hennessy’s life and work.

We’re delighted to welcome @SayeedaWarsi to @QMUL for a lively discussion of Islam and Islamophobia in modern Britain. Thank you to everyone who has joined us!

[Mile End Institute @MileEndInst]

📅Tuesday 4 February at 6.30pm📅

In the next Hennessy Lecture, we are delighted to be welcoming @SayeedaWarsi to @QMUL! Baroness Warsi is a distinguished lawyer and businesswoman and became Britain's first Muslim Cabinet minister in 2010.

🔗https://t.co/FvOsuCQSjL

[Liesbeth Corens @onslies]

The fabulous @oliviawyatt1999 -- @QMHistory should be so very proud! And glad to see her incredible work recognised! 🤩

[Department of History at Queen Mary @QMHistory]

@lawsongary @AndyWillimott Amazing news Gary, congratulations!

[Queen Mary University of London @QMUL]

As 2024 comes to a close, we're proud to celebrate some of the highlights that made this year truly special, reaching new heights of academic achievement and producing research breakthroughs that changed the world.

[Tom Chidwick @TomChidwick]

Thank you @QMULHistSoc for asking me to speak about Now or Never! - my forthcoming @BloomsburyAcad book on the 1979 referendum.

As a @QMHistory alumnus, it was a real treat and @QMUL is lucky to have such enthusiastic students. I hope you’ll have me back when the book comes out!

[Tom Chidwick @TomChidwick]

Tomorrow afternoon, I'll be speaking at @QMULHistSoc about Scotland’s first devolution referendum and the country’s social and political culture in the 1970s. It starts at 4pm on @QMUL's Mile End campus and is free to attend so do join us!

https://t.co/XINHL9TCA7