Past Events

Friday, 7 June, 2013 - 03:00

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london recruits
Tuesday, 4 June, 2013 - 07:30

The ANC's London Recruits: the secret war against apartheid

Venue:
Bishopsgate Institute
Location Details:
Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QH
Wednesday, 22 May, 2013 - 05:30

 
Psychoanalysis and History Seminars 2012/13

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Senate House, Room 349, Malet St, London WC1
Wednesday, 15 May, 2013 - 05:30 - 08:00

Psychoanalysis and History Seminar series 2012/13, special event

Venue:
Other
Location Details:
The Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens, London NW3 5SX tel: +44 (0)20 7435 2002
Tuesday, 14 May, 2013 - 07:00

GALHA|LGBT Humanists present:

Venue:
Other
Location Details:
Conway Hall
Friday, 19 April, 2013 - 10:00

Venue:
Other
Location Details:
Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H OAL
Wednesday, 20 March, 2013 - 05:30

 
Psychoanalysis and History Seminars 2012/13

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Room G21A (ground floor, Senate House), Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1
Wednesday, 6 March, 2013 - 05:30

Psychoanalysis and History Seminars 2012/13

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Room G21A (ground floor, Senate House), Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1
Tuesday, 5 March, 2013 - 05:00

Go to our podcast page to

Venue:
Other
Location Details:
Skeel Lecture Theatre, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS
Tuesday, 26 February, 2013 - 06:00

Conversations and Disputations Seminar

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Room 349 Senate House, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1
Wednesday, 6 February, 2013 - 05:30

 
Psychoanalysis and History Seminars 2012/13

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Room G21A (ground floor, Senate House), Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1
Wednesday, 23 January, 2013 - 05:30

 
Psychoanalysis and History Seminars 2012/13

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Room G21A (ground floor, Senate House), Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1
Thursday, 17 January, 2013 - 02:00

To book any London Met Archives event please email

Venue:
Other
Location Details:
London Metropolitan Archives
Friday, 11 January, 2013 - 06:30

 Monday 11th March  6.30pm - 8.30pm 

Venue:
Birkbeck College
Location Details:
Room B35 Main Building, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1
British Library logo
Monday, 17 December, 2012 - 06:30

BSL interpreters will be at this event; please contact Katy

Event Series:
Venue:
Other
Location Details:
British Library Conference Centre, 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB
Thursday, 13 December, 2012 - 02:00 - 03:00

Tour the archives and meet with LMA professionals to find out about the essential work which

Venue:
Other
Location Details:
London Metropolitan Archives
Wednesday, 12 December, 2012 - 05:30

 

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Room G21A (ground floor, Senate House), Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1
Thursday, 29 November, 2012 - 06:30

Part of the series, 'The Big Store - architecture, society and shopping'.

Location Details:
The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ (Underground etc.Farringdon)
Friday, 23 November, 2012 - 09:45 - Saturday, 24 November, 2012 - 05:45

THE BRITISH MONARCHY ON SCREEN
Senate House, University of London

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Senate House, University of London
Thursday, 15 November, 2012 - 09:00 - 10:00

An open meeting about the Ruskin Archives/records situation has been planned by Terry McCarth

Venue:
Bishopsgate Institute
Commoners Wagon
Thursday, 15 November, 2012 - 06:00

Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2012

Venue:
Bishopsgate Institute
Location Details:
The Great Hall, Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QH
Wednesday, 14 November, 2012 - 05:30

Room change:  please note that this seminar will now be held in the Montague room, G2

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Please note this seminar will now be held in the Montague room, G26, Senate House ground floor, Institute of Historical Research. Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1
Saturday, 10 November, 2012 - 02:30

£15 per head. Booking is essential.

Venue:
Other
Location Details:
Sir John Soane's Museum
Friday, 9 November, 2012 - 01:00

 

Venue:
Other
Location Details:
Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, 29 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DP Tel: +44 (0) 20 7636 7247
Wednesday, 7 November, 2012 - 10:30 - Thursday, 8 November, 2012 - 10:30

What is LGBT(Q) History and where do we stand?

Wednesday, 17 October, 2012 - 05:30

 
Psychoanalysis and History Seminars 2012/13

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Room G21A (ground floor, Senate House), Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1
Thursday, 11 October, 2012 - 11:00

To book a place at a workshop or event please call 0207 636 7247 or email the Library on

Venue:
Other
Location Details:
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide
Saturday, 7 July, 2012 - 10:00 - Sunday, 15 July, 2012 - 10:00

Games Week:  A Celebration of Games in History
7-15 July 2012

Venue:
Other
Saturday, 30 June, 2012 - 02:00 - 09:00

HISTORY, THE NATION AND THE SCHOOLS

Venue:
Bishopsgate Institute
Location Details:
230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QH
Saturday, 23 June, 2012 - 02:00

Conference organisers: Silke Arnold-de Simine (ECL, Birkbeck); Richard Crownshaw (English, Go

Event Series:
Location Details:
time and venue to be confirmed
Wednesday, 13 June, 2012 - 18:00 - 21:00

Birkbeck Film Season: Department of Psychosocial Studies and Gender Studies and Rapha

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Location Details:
Birkbeck Cinema, Gordon Square
Wednesday, 13 June, 2012 - 06:00

 

Venue:
Other
Location Details:
The Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide, 29 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DP
Wednesday, 6 June, 2012 - 17:30

Please note that this event has been cancelled.

Venue:
Other
Thursday, 31 May, 2012 (All day) - Friday, 31 May, 2013 (All day)

Monthly 'behind the scenes' tours and events are being held until May 2013 at various HHALL p

Venue:
Other
Wednesday, 30 May, 2012 - 18:00 - 21:00

Birkbeck Film Season: Department of Psychosocial Studies and Gender Studies and Rapha

Venue:
Birkbeck College
Location Details:
Birkbeck Cinema, Gordon Square
Wednesday, 9 May, 2012 - 17:30
Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Bedford room G37, Senate House, South block, Ground floor
Thursday, 29 March, 2012 - 17:30

Convenors: Surekha Davies (Birkbeck), Laura Gowing (King’s College London), Kate Hodgkin (Uni

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Athlone Room, Senate House (Room 102), London, WC1
Wednesday, 28 March, 2012 - 17:30
Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Bedford room G37, Senate House, South block, Ground floor
Monday, 19 March, 2012 - 19:00

The Sugar Girls: East End Life and Work at Tate & Lyle’s Factories

Venue:
Bishopsgate Institute
Wednesday, 14 March, 2012 - 17:30
Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Bedford room G37, Senate House, South block, Ground floor
Tuesday, 13 March, 2012 - 13:30 - 14:30

'Darkness on the Edge of Town: London, Essex and the Noir Imagination', Gareth Millington, University of Roehampton.

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Location Details:
Room B30, Malet Street, London WC2
Monday, 5 March, 2012 - 18:00 - 20:00

This event is now fully booked.

Venue:
Other
Location Details:
Terrace Restaurant - 1st Floor, British Library, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
Wednesday, 29 February, 2012 - 17:30
Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Bedford room G37, Senate House, South block, Ground floor
Thursday, 23 February, 2012 - 17:30

Convenors: Surekha Davies (Birkbeck), Laura Gowing (King’s College London), Kate Hodgkin (Uni

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Athlone Room, Senate House (Room 102), London, WC1,
Tuesday, 7 February, 2012 - 13:00 - 14:30

Urban Studies seminar: ‘Acting Up: movers, shakers and self-makers in the th

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Location Details:
Room 306, Clore Management Centre
Thursday, 26 January, 2012 - 17:30

Convenors: Surekha Davies (Birkbeck), Laura Gowing (King’s College London), Kate Hodgkin (Uni

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Athlone Room, Senate House (Room 102), London, WC1,
Thursday, 15 December, 2011 - 17:30

Convenors: Surekha Davies (Birkbeck), Laura Gowing (King’s College London), Kate Hodgkin (Uni

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Athlone Room, Senate House (Room 102)
Wednesday, 7 December, 2011 - 17:30
Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Bedford room G37, Senate House, South block, Ground floor
Sunday, 27 November, 2011 - 11:00

'Gender and Memory'
27th November 2010, 11am-4pm
 

Event Series:
Tuesday, 22 November, 2011 - 12:00

Dr Marta Rabikowska (Senior Lecturer in Media and Advertising, UEL)

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Friday, 11 November, 2011 - 10:00 - 12:00

 

Location Details:
Senate Room, Senate House, University of London, WC1E 7HU
Tuesday, 8 November, 2011 - 07:00

‘Theatres of Memory, Memory as Theatre’
Alessandro Portelli
 

Venue:
Bishopsgate Institute
Tuesday, 8 November, 2011 (All day)

Tuesday 8th November 2011 , 1.00 - 2.00pm
 

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Friday, 17 June, 2011 - 04:30

Cultures of Memory in Early Modern England: round table and discussion

Event Series:
Tuesday, 7 June, 2011 - 06:10

Tuesday 7th June 2011, 1.00 - 2.00pm
Mica Nava (University of East London)

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Tuesday, 24 May, 2011 - 12:00

Tuesday 24th May 2011, 1.00- 2.00 pm.

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Monday, 16 May, 2011 (All day)

Monday 16th May, 2011
'Eat Your Greens! Food Education, Politics and History’.

Event Series:
Saturday, 14 May, 2011 - 07:34 - Friday, 20 May, 2011 - 07:34

Press release from the event:

Thursday, 12 May, 2011 - 05:30

Thursday 12 May 2011, 5.30pm

Event Series:
Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Thursday, 5 May, 2011 (All day)

A series of free film screenings followed by discussion.
 

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Thursday, 24 March, 2011 - 05:30

Thursday 24 March 2011, 5.30pm.

Event Series:
Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Monday, 14 March, 2011 - 17:30
Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Bedford room G37, Senate House, South block, Ground floor
Thursday, 10 March, 2011 - 05:30

Dr Eva Johanna Holmberg (University of Helsinki/Queen Mary): Early Modern Constructions of Et

Event Series:
Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Saturday, 19 February, 2011 - 11:00

'Education and Memory'
Saturday 19th February 2011
Speakers:

Event Series:
Tuesday, 8 February, 2011 - 12:00

Tuesday 8th February 2011, 1.00-2.00pm Urban History Seminar
 

Friday, 4 February, 2011 - 06:00

Friday 4th February 2011, Migration: a joint Birkbeck College/University of East London Sympo

Tuesday, 18 January, 2011 - 17:30
Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Location Details:
Room S264 on the second floor of the South Block, Senate House
Tuesday, 16 November, 2010 - 10:00

On November 16th 2010 the Raphael Samuel History Centre held a roundtable discussion on ‘The

Event Series:
Wednesday, 27 October, 2010 - 05:30

Psychoanalysis and History Seminars 2010-11

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Sunday, 20 June, 2010 - 18:00 - Wednesday, 20 June, 2012 - 21:00

Birkbeck Film Season: Department of Psychosocial Studies and Gender Studies and Rapha

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Location Details:
Birkbeck Cinema, Gordon Square
Monday, 10 May, 2010 - 06:00

Surveillance and the City: Film Screenings and Roundtable Discussion.
 

Event Series:
Wednesday, 5 May, 2010 - 05:30

Psychoanalysis and History Seminars 2009-10

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Tuesday, 16 March, 2010 - 01:00

16 March 2010

Event Series:
Sunday, 14 February, 2010 (All day)

Celebrate Valentine's 2010 with Love in History Week
 

Tuesday, 19 January, 2010 - 01:00

19 January 2010

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Tuesday, 8 December, 2009 - 01:00

8th December 2009

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Wednesday, 25 November, 2009 - 05:30

25th November 2009,

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Tuesday, 3 November, 2009 - 01:00

3rd November 2009
‘Working Men’s Clubs, housing estates and community since 1945’

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Wednesday, 28 October, 2009 - 05:30

Urban studies

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Tuesday, 13 October, 2009 - 10:00

International Trade - Who Makes the Rules?

Event Series:
Venue:
Bishopsgate Institute
Wednesday, 26 August, 2009 - 02:00 - 10:00

26th November 2009, Institute of Historical Research.
 

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Sunday, 16 August, 2009 (All day)

History of Feminism Seminars, 09/10

Tuesday, 23 June, 2009 - 01:00

23 June 2009
1.00-2.00 pm, Room 509

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Saturday, 13 June, 2009 (All day)

'Immigrants All: the Peopling of London’s Docklands'

Wednesday, 3 June, 2009 - 05:30

Psychoanalysis and History Seminars 2008-9

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Friday, 15 May, 2009 (All day)

Friday 15 May 2009, 5.00-7.00 pm
Venue: Institute of Historical Research

Tuesday, 12 May, 2009 - 01:00

12 May 2009

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Monday, 27 April, 2009 - 01:00

27 April 2009
The Corner (2000): screening and round-table discussion

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Tuesday, 17 March, 2009 - 01:00

17 March 2009
1.00-2.00pm, Room 152

Event Series:
Tuesday, 20 January, 2009 - 01:00

20 January 2009
1.00-2.00 pm, Room 631

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
I love feminism
Thursday, 1 January, 2009 - 13:30 - Thursday, 30 December, 2010 - 13:30

The 2009-2010 seminar series was held in association with the

Event Series:
Venue:
Birkbeck College
Thursday, 6 November, 2008 - 02:00

This event, which was held on 26th November 2008 at the Bishopsgate Institute, was the second

Venue:
Bishopsgate Institute
Saturday, 14 June, 2008 (All day)

The Docks, Empire and Slavery
 
Saturday 14 June 2008

Venue:
Other
Wednesday, 14 May, 2008 - 05:30

Psychoanalysis and History Seminars 2007-2008

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Friday, 2 May, 2008 (All day)

Friday 2 May 2008.

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Saturday, 23 February, 2008 - 06:00

Cultural Memory Seminars 2007-8
 

Event Series:
Saturday, 23 February, 2008 (All day)

Cultural Memory Seminars, 2007-08

Event Series:
Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Friday, 19 October, 2007 (All day)

19 October 2007.
 

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Wednesday, 13 June, 2007 - 05:30

Psychoanalysis and History Seminars 2006-7

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Wednesday, 13 June, 2007 - 05:30

Psychoanalysis and History Seminars 2006-7

Venue:
Institute of Historical Research
Friday, 1 June, 2007 (All day)

 1 June 2007.

Wednesday, 9 May, 2007 - 10:00

What about the workers?
 
19 May 2007
 
 

Venue:
Other
Saturday, 2 December, 2006 - 10:30

'The Redemptive Powers of Violence?

Venue:
Other
Friday, 1 December, 2006 - 05:30

Book launch for The Lost World of British Communism, by Raphael Samuel
 

Venue:
Bishopsgate Institute
Tuesday, 31 October, 2006 (All day)

Book launch for London: City of Disappearances, ed. Iain Sinclair
 

Friday, 20 October, 2006 (All day)

Asylum Histories
 
20 October 2006
 

Saturday, 9 May, 1998 - 07:15

2007, Annette Kuhn, 'Going to the Pictures: Cinema-going in Twentieth Century Britain'