Conversations and Disputations

An occasional series of symposia hosted by the Centre, airing topics of current historical debate.

Memory in National Contexts

Wednesday, 26 August, 2009 (All day)
Venue: 
Institute of Historical Research

26th November 2009, Institute of Historical Research.
Speakers were Felicity Collins (La Trobe University, Australia), Astrid Erll (Wuppertal University, Germany) and Ann Rigney (Utrecht University, Netherlands), along with Susannah Radstone (Raphael Samuel History Centre, UEL, UK).
Chaired by Carrie Hamilton (Roehampton University).
 'Memory in National Contexts': a report

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The past in today’s politics: a debate on the state of history-writing as a political act

Monday, 5 March, 2012 - 18:00 - 20:00
Venue: 
Other
Terrace Restaurant - 1st Floor, British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB

This event is now fully booked
A panel debate hosted by the Raphael Samuel History Centre and the British Library
Panel members: Professor Virginia Berridge (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and co-founder of ‘History & Policy’); Dr Maurice Glasman (Reader in Political Theory at London Metropolitan University and Labour Peer); Dr Mark Levene (University of Southampton); Professor Lynne Segal (Birkbeck College, University of London).

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Biology, Brain Theory and History: What, if anything, can historians learn from biology?

Friday, 11 November, 2011 - 10:00 - 12:00
Senate Room, Senate House, University of London, WC1E 7HU

 
Speakers: Dr Lisa Blackman (Goldsmiths, University of London), Dr Hera Cook (University of Birmingham) and Professor Roger Cooter (University College London). Chair: Professor Joanna Bourke (Birkbeck, University of London)

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