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Join us 26 May for our next in-person IHR #histsex Seminar. Birgit Lang : Sex, Psyche, and Politics: Eden and Cedar Paul as Activist Translators of European Modernity DATE: 26 May 2026 at 5:30pm LOCATION: N202 Past and Present, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU All are welcome.

The Bonnart Lecture 2026 at Birkbeck: hear Prof. David Scott (Columbia University) on ‘Growing echoes in his head: through the prism of Stuart Hall's life’ on 10 June. Book here: bit.ly/4we48jh @bbkhistorical.bsky.social

Next week! The Inner Life of Politics: Grassroots Activism in West Germany, 1962-1983. With Belinda J Davis, Rutgers University InnerLifeOfPolitics.eventbrite.co.uk Explore where and how change takes place with significant implications for our present. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

'Becoming Arab' book launch,Yossef Rapoport (QMUL) 20 May, E1 How did late medieval Middle Eastern peasants adopt Arab cultural identities and form village clans? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yossef-rapoport-book-launch-becoming-arab-tickets-1987899032519 @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

Homelessness in Postwar Britain: Do historians have anything useful to say? 22 May, Bloomsbury, in person Join our conversation around a neglected topic. Help bring to light past discussions and experiences that might inform present responses. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

My PhD student Peter Wood wrote a brilliant dissertation on postwar homelessness policy that massively changed my understanding of the issues. He'll be speaking about it with other historians of homelessness at @rshc.bsky.social 22 May. Do sign up! homelessnessinpostwarbritain.eventbrite.co.uk

The Inner Life of Politics: Grassroots Activism in West Germany, 1962-1983 13 May, Bloomsbury InnerLifeOfPolitics.eventbrite.co.uk Belinda J Davis explores new understandings of where & how change takes place with significant implications for our present @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

The Inner Life of Politics: Grassroots Activism in West Germany, 1962-1983 Belinda J Davis (Rutgers) 13 May, Bloomsbury InnerLifeOfPolitics.eventbrite.co.uk What is the nature and timeline of political change and how should its success be assessed? And why do stories matter in grassroots politics?

Join us for our next IHR #histsex seminar 14 April, 5:30pm UK time. Wannes Dupont : "Unwilling To Know: Male Homosexuality at the Crossroads of Europe, 1870-1965" www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... All welcome but registration is required, as capacity is limited for this ONLINE seminar.

A few places remain! Join us for Charity After Empire: British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation and Development 24th March, QMUL, London E1 Book here eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-charity-after-empire-tickets-1981162909594 @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @qmcbs.bsky.social

Call for Papers New Left Histories and Historiographies: Mapping a Renewed Research Field Workshop to assess the current state of research on the New Left. Cfp for an event to be held in November at QMUL. Info here www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

Calling History PhD students and postdocs: join us for ‘How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers’ with Profs Stephen Legg, Elisabeth Leake, Matthew Hilton & Erez Manela 18 March, Birkbeck, in person only www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @bbkhistorical.bsky.social

Calling all History PhD students and postdocs: join us for ‘How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers’ with Profs Stephen Legg, Elisabeth Leake, Matthew Hilton & Erez Manela 18 March, Birkbeck, Bloomsbury Info www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @jessicareinisch.bsky.social

This coming Thursday! Join us for ‘The Silences of Christopher Hill’ with Mike Braddick (University of Oxford) 5th March, 4.30pm, Birkbeck, London Followed by a reception. Book here SilencesChristopherHill.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

Book launch 3. Matthew Hilton’s Charity After Empire, Tues 24 March 6pm, Arts 2, @qmul.bsky.social, with @rshc.bsky.social, @riakapoor.bsky.social, David Williams, Kavita Datta and Bill Schwarz: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

History PhD students and postdocs: join us for ‘How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers’ with Profs Stephen Legg, Elisabeth Leake, Matthew Hilton & Erez Manela 18 March, Birkbeck, Bloomsbury More info here www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @jessicareinisch.bsky.social

Join us soon for ‘The Silences of Christopher Hill’ with Mike Braddick (University of Oxford) 5 March, 4.30, Birkbeck, London Book here SilencesChristopherHill.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

Deploying History for Change: A Public Lecture Davarian Baldwin (Trinity College, Connecticut) 1st April, 5.30pm Queen Mary University of London, E1 4NS Book here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deploying-history-for-change-a-public-lecture-tickets-1983359946992 @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

A.L Morton was once an influential figure on the British Left. Why did the rise of the New Left see his ideas increasingly sidelined in popular leftist memory? Join us, 9 April, Birkbeck MortonBritishCommunism.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social

Join us at the Raphael Samuel History Centre to hear about ‘The Silences of Christopher Hill’ with Mike Braddick (University of Oxford) 5 March, 4.30, London WC1 Book your place here SilencesChristopherHill.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social

How did an influential group of experts develop dialogue that promoted a broader project to secure peace through greater equality after WW2? Anti-Fascist Internationalism and the United Nations: A Better World for All 19/3/26 AntiFascistInternationalism.eventbrite.co.uk @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social

Why did charity become the outlet for global compassion? Join us for the launch of 'Charity After Empire' by Matthew Hilton 24/3/26, QMUL, London E1 Book here eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-charity-after-empire-tickets-1981162909594 @qmul.bsky.social

Join us for the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2026 with Prof. Sandrine Kott on 19 March 2026 @rshc.bsky.social @qmulsse.bsky.social @jessicareinisch.bsky.social @drmargottudor.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anti-fasci...

What are the extents and limits of the anarchic turn in the New Left? Join Sophie Scott-Brown to discuss. Thursday 5 February Bloomsbury, London WC1 Book here EmotionalAnarchists.eventbrite.co.uk

31 Jan History Workshop @rshc.bsky.social; @historyworkshop.org.uk www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

Join the Raphael Samuel History Centre mailing list to get the latest information on our forthcoming events. Go to our website and click 'contact us' Our events are free and open to all. www.bbk.ac.uk/research/cen...

Call for Papers: Power, People, Papers: Policing the Mobility of 'Undesirables' (1870-1923) 9/6/26 Université Paris Cité. Conference on the emergence and operation of modern state borders. Submissions welcome in English and French. Proposals by 9 Feb 2026 to [email protected]

History Workshop Journal’s 100th Issue: a celebration 31 Jan 2026, 2.00pm, Bloomsbury, London Speakers include former and newer editors, and friends of the journal. To join us, book here HWJ100.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

Our first speaker for the series will be Hiba Alkhalaf (Voices of Heritage/Aswat Alturath). She'll be speaking about "From Destruction to Recovery: Syrian Heritage, Fourteen Years on". Link to book below. www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

The Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies seminar series will start next term at Birkbeck. The topic will be Collaborative Archaeologies in (Post)Conflict Contexts. All very welcome!

Join us 18 Nov 2025 at 5:30pm for the History of Sexuality seminar with Isabel Davis (Natural History Museum) speaking on: Conceiving Histories: Writing and Illustrating a Negative History This is an ONLINE only seminar. All welcome, but please register at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

‘Waning Crescent: the rise and fall of global Islam’ Come along to the launch of Professor Faisal Devji's book, where he discusses his examination of the rise of Islam as a global historical actor. 1st December, London E1. WaningCrescent.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social

The @rshc.bsky.social will be hosting @faisaldevji.bsky.social to discuss his new book, The Waning Crescent, on 1 December at 5 p.m. , in conversation with Dr. Christ Moffat at QMUL. Details below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...

I have a new article out. TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee. academic.oup.com/past/advance...

And don't miss the Rethinking Internationalism online workshop on 5-6 Nov on 'Blindspots and Buzzwords in Internationalism', with a fantastic lineup of speakers. Sign up here www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...

Also worth flagging up @riakapoor.bsky.social's lunchtime seminar on 'Refugee internationalisms? The Ugandan Asian Case' on 27 Nov (12-1pm)

Lots of great things coming up this autumn in the CSI calendar - next up is @emmakluge.bsky.social's lunchtime seminar 'Oceanic internationalism: anticolonialism and environmentalism in the Pacific' (30 Oct 1-2pm, in person & online, msg for link) Full programme here csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/autumn-...

Join us for 'Sanctuary, Now and Then: asylum, migrant rights and anti-deportation in Britain since the 1980s.' Speakers include Stuart Crosthwaite, Amy Grant, Rachel Humphris, Paul Weller 7 Nov 12.00pm, Manchester Central Library Book here sanctuarynowandthen.eventbrite.co.uk @aiucentre.bsky.social

Join us for this event with Edgar Taylor on the Ugandan Archives: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-a...

We’re excited to be part of Sanctuary, Now and Then ✨ asylum, migrant rights & anti-deportation in Britain since the 1980s 📅 7 Nov 2025 | 🕛 12–3pm 📍 Manchester Central Library Speakers include Stuart Crosthwaite, Amy Grant, Rachel Humphris & Paul Weller. 🎟️ Free – register here: shorturl.at/FZ6Nd

Join us to hear a core participant in the #spycops Inquiry speak about his work. Undercover Policing of the Left 1968-1982: Subversives Under the Lens 6.00pm, 15 October, London WC1E 7JL Book here UndercoverPolicingLeft.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social