Unfortunately we have had to cancel the research seminar for Tuesday
18th due to both presenters falling ill. Get well soon both!
Due to the time frame it has not been possible to organise new
speakers; however we still have the room (... and catering) so the
plan is to meet and instead have an informal roundtable on how
everyone's year has gone (both good and bad) - in an informal space
amongst fellow PhD students.
Apologies for the unavoidably short notice but hope to see you tomorrow nevertheless.
Monday, 17 June 2013
Saturday, 15 June 2013
Last Seminar of the year: Tuesday 18th June, 5.30pm
Our final research seminar of this academic year takes place this Tuesday (18th). We hope you can join us there and for drinks afterwards!
Where: Arts II 3.16
When: Refreshments from 5pm, papers start at 5.30pm
Dr Alison Moore, University of Western Sydney and Visiting Scholar, QMUL
A Chapter in the History of Biologism: Evolution in Interwar Medical and
Psychoanalytic Views of Sex
The interwar period saw the development of a substantial uptake of genetic dimensions of
Freudian thought in French and Spanish medical and psychoanalytic views of sex. In this
new series of reflections about psyche and sexuality, notions of the primitive past
appeared, contradictorily, both as an ideal about appropriate sexual pleasure, and as the
‘other’ of evolved civilisation. In her writings throughout the 1920s-1940s, Marie
Bonaparte, the French Freudian writer and royal heiress, followed the erudite Spanish
endocrinologist Gregorio Marañon in mapping problems of gender differentiation, female
masochism and frigidity, onto a vision of evolution from ‘primitive’ to ‘civilised societies’.
Both Bonaparte and Marañon shared similar views about evolution and sex in common
with Freud. But their ideas were a significant development of Freud’s view of the sexual
past since both were acutely aware of the emerging women’s rights currents in European
societies. Both also grappled with the powerful pronatalist ideologies of the interwar
period. This paper considers briefly, how a teleological view of the sexual past was
adapted from both Darwinian evolutionary thought and fin-de-siècle psychiatric thought
in Freud’s account of the psyche; before showing how it differed from the approach of
Marañon and Bonaparte, who each produced their own peculiar understandings of
feminine sexual pleasures as signs of progress or its failure.
Sarah Crook, QMUL
Madness and Motherhood in Mid-Twentieth Century Britain: Making Distress Visible
In 1967, a general practitioner reflected that due to the National Health Service, 'the
planning of medical education, of general practice, of psychiatry, and particularly of
community services, demands a clearer picture of the size and nature of the problem of
psychiatric illness than is now available' (Ryle 1967). This paper reflects on how the
institutional framework of the NHS made milder forms of psychiatric distress visible in the
postwar era. It argues that the general practitioner assumed a central role in researching
and treating emotional distress even before deinstitutionalisation took full effect in the
1970s. This role was a product of professional rivalries between medical specialisms, and
the proliferation of epidemiological studies a consequence of the struggle to enhance
professional prestige. This, combined with social and political anxiety over the state of the
family, made maternal distress a significant object of analysis in postwar British medicine.
This paper argues that the studies conducted from within the general practice rendered
milder forms of distress visible and, through this, created new communities of the
mentally disordered.
Where: Arts II 3.16
When: Refreshments from 5pm, papers start at 5.30pm
Dr Alison Moore, University of Western Sydney and Visiting Scholar, QMUL
A Chapter in the History of Biologism: Evolution in Interwar Medical and
Psychoanalytic Views of Sex
The interwar period saw the development of a substantial uptake of genetic dimensions of
Freudian thought in French and Spanish medical and psychoanalytic views of sex. In this
new series of reflections about psyche and sexuality, notions of the primitive past
appeared, contradictorily, both as an ideal about appropriate sexual pleasure, and as the
‘other’ of evolved civilisation. In her writings throughout the 1920s-1940s, Marie
Bonaparte, the French Freudian writer and royal heiress, followed the erudite Spanish
endocrinologist Gregorio Marañon in mapping problems of gender differentiation, female
masochism and frigidity, onto a vision of evolution from ‘primitive’ to ‘civilised societies’.
Both Bonaparte and Marañon shared similar views about evolution and sex in common
with Freud. But their ideas were a significant development of Freud’s view of the sexual
past since both were acutely aware of the emerging women’s rights currents in European
societies. Both also grappled with the powerful pronatalist ideologies of the interwar
period. This paper considers briefly, how a teleological view of the sexual past was
adapted from both Darwinian evolutionary thought and fin-de-siècle psychiatric thought
in Freud’s account of the psyche; before showing how it differed from the approach of
Marañon and Bonaparte, who each produced their own peculiar understandings of
feminine sexual pleasures as signs of progress or its failure.
Sarah Crook, QMUL
Madness and Motherhood in Mid-Twentieth Century Britain: Making Distress Visible
In 1967, a general practitioner reflected that due to the National Health Service, 'the
planning of medical education, of general practice, of psychiatry, and particularly of
community services, demands a clearer picture of the size and nature of the problem of
psychiatric illness than is now available' (Ryle 1967). This paper reflects on how the
institutional framework of the NHS made milder forms of psychiatric distress visible in the
postwar era. It argues that the general practitioner assumed a central role in researching
and treating emotional distress even before deinstitutionalisation took full effect in the
1970s. This role was a product of professional rivalries between medical specialisms, and
the proliferation of epidemiological studies a consequence of the struggle to enhance
professional prestige. This, combined with social and political anxiety over the state of the
family, made maternal distress a significant object of analysis in postwar British medicine.
This paper argues that the studies conducted from within the general practice rendered
milder forms of distress visible and, through this, created new communities of the
mentally disordered.
Friday, 31 May 2013
Research Seminar AND afternoon Emotions seminar, Tuesday 11th June
Our next Research Seminar takes place on Tuesday 11th June, same place, same time:
Arts II. 3.16
Refreshments from 5, papers start at 5.30pm
Itay Lotem
"Les indigènes de la République": Colonial Continuities and Anti-Racist Activism in
France
David Harrap
'Devotional space' in the 1504 English printing of the Imitatio Christi
However there is also an interesting seminar/workshop taking place earlier that day, organised by the Centre for the History of the Emotions and featuring Dr Alison Moore, visiting scholar at QM and also presenting at our seminar on June 18th.
Alison Moore, in conversation with Katherine Angel:
The Rat's Clitoris: Rethinking Biology in Sexuality Historiography
Arts II SCR, 4pm
For this seminar we're asked to reserve a place via emotions@qmul.ac.uk
Arts II. 3.16
Refreshments from 5, papers start at 5.30pm
Itay Lotem
"Les indigènes de la République": Colonial Continuities and Anti-Racist Activism in
France
David Harrap
'Devotional space' in the 1504 English printing of the Imitatio Christi
However there is also an interesting seminar/workshop taking place earlier that day, organised by the Centre for the History of the Emotions and featuring Dr Alison Moore, visiting scholar at QM and also presenting at our seminar on June 18th.
Alison Moore, in conversation with Katherine Angel:
The Rat's Clitoris: Rethinking Biology in Sexuality Historiography
Arts II SCR, 4pm
For this seminar we're asked to reserve a place via emotions@qmul.ac.uk
Friday, 24 May 2013
Research Seminar: Tuesday 28th May, 5.30pm
Our next seminar takes place this coming Tuesday (28th)
Where: Arts II 3.16
Where: Arts II 3.16
When: 5.30pm (refreshments from 5pm)
Nigel Ritchie
An Anglo-French revolutionary? Jean-Paul Marat channels the spirit of Junius
Rodney Reznek
Assimilability or Exclusion - the South African Aliens' Act of 1937
An Anglo-French revolutionary? Jean-Paul Marat channels the spirit of Junius
Rodney Reznek
Assimilability or Exclusion - the South African Aliens' Act of 1937
Hope to see you there!
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Research Seminar, Tuesday 14th May, 5.30pm
Our first event of term takes place this coming Tuesday.
Where: Arts 3.16
Where: Arts 3.16
When: 5.30pm (refreshments from 5pm)
Dr
Chris Millard
Illness
and the Social Setting: Munchausen Syndromes and Modern Medicine
Eleanor
Betts
‘Here
is a Dreadful Tragedy, Which I Will Now Unfold’: The Representation
of Criminal Children in Nineteenth-Century Broadsides
The full programme is now available via the tab at the top of the page.
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Research Seminar, Tuesday 26th March, 5.30pm
Our last event of term takes place next Tuesday (26th March) -
refreshments served from 5pm, papers will start at 5.30.
The venue is Lock-Keeper's Cottage Seminar Room.
Julia Nicholls (QMUL): Deportation and the nation: French revolutionary republican thought and the South Pacific, 1871-1889
Michalis Sotiropoulos (QMUL): Law as science and as political ideology: Roman Law and the formation of the Greek state (1844-1862)
The "End of Term Postgraduate Social" referenced on the programme will be rather an impromptu affair and will consist of a visit to a good local pub!
best wishes
Craig
The venue is Lock-Keeper's Cottage Seminar Room.
Julia Nicholls (QMUL): Deportation and the nation: French revolutionary republican thought and the South Pacific, 1871-1889
Michalis Sotiropoulos (QMUL): Law as science and as political ideology: Roman Law and the formation of the Greek state (1844-1862)
The "End of Term Postgraduate Social" referenced on the programme will be rather an impromptu affair and will consist of a visit to a good local pub!
best wishes
Craig
Saturday, 2 March 2013
The Present Uses of the Past: Tuesday 5th March, 5pm
Our next Historical Research Forum event isn't until March 26th, when Julia & Michalis will be presenting. However three events on this coming Tuesday that may be of interest:
Graduate Training - How to prepare for a successful leap over the First Year Hurdle
Senior Common Room, Arts II, 3.30pm
The Present Uses of the Past
Skeel Lecture Theatre, QM People's Palace, 5pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/415543411865425/
This is the inaugural Raphael Samuel History Centre event at QM.
The past is never really past; it lives on into the present, sometimes in very controversial ways. Competing interpretations of the past are used to explain, to inspire, to exonerate, to
condemn. This event looks at some of the uses made of the past in present-day life and politics.
Chaired by Professor Barbara Taylor (QMUL):
Catherine Hall (History, UCL)
Jacqueline Rose (English, QMUL)
Bill Schwarz (English, QMUL)
Gareth Stedman Jones (History, QMUL)
You may also be interested in the event which follows immediately afterwards (and ensuing wine reception):
Confessions of a Judicial Activist
Fogg Lecture Theatre, G.E Fogg Building, 6.30pm
Justice Albie Sachs
(author, activist, and retired judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa)
Free and open to all but please book at http://sachslecture.eventbrite.co.uk/#
Maybe see you on Tuesday or at events later this month!
Graduate Training - How to prepare for a successful leap over the First Year Hurdle
Senior Common Room, Arts II, 3.30pm
The Present Uses of the Past
Skeel Lecture Theatre, QM People's Palace, 5pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/415543411865425/
This is the inaugural Raphael Samuel History Centre event at QM.
The past is never really past; it lives on into the present, sometimes in very controversial ways. Competing interpretations of the past are used to explain, to inspire, to exonerate, to
condemn. This event looks at some of the uses made of the past in present-day life and politics.
Chaired by Professor Barbara Taylor (QMUL):
Catherine Hall (History, UCL)
Jacqueline Rose (English, QMUL)
Bill Schwarz (English, QMUL)
Gareth Stedman Jones (History, QMUL)
You may also be interested in the event which follows immediately afterwards (and ensuing wine reception):
Confessions of a Judicial Activist
Fogg Lecture Theatre, G.E Fogg Building, 6.30pm
Justice Albie Sachs
(author, activist, and retired judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa)
Free and open to all but please book at http://sachslecture.eventbrite.co.uk/#
Maybe see you on Tuesday or at events later this month!
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
CORRECTION: Graduate Training TODAY, followed by Research Seminar
Many apologies for this confusion but due to a misunderstanding
the graduate training session originally scheduled for today will,
in fact, take place today, and not next week.
This takes place at 3.30pm in Arts II 3.20 (not as previously advertised in the Lock-Keepers' Cottage).
Afterwards, starting at 5.30pm, we have our next Research Seminar (refreshments from 5pm). Please note the change of paper (details below). The venue is in the Senior Common Room, i.e. just one floor up from 3.20 on the 4th floor.
Joe Cronin, QMUL
Jewish responses to the Fassbinder controversy of 1985
Patrick Longson, University of Birmingham
The Kruger Telegram in the British Popular Consciousness, 1896-194
This takes place at 3.30pm in Arts II 3.20 (not as previously advertised in the Lock-Keepers' Cottage).
Afterwards, starting at 5.30pm, we have our next Research Seminar (refreshments from 5pm). Please note the change of paper (details below). The venue is in the Senior Common Room, i.e. just one floor up from 3.20 on the 4th floor.
Joe Cronin, QMUL
Jewish responses to the Fassbinder controversy of 1985
Patrick Longson, University of Birmingham
The Kruger Telegram in the British Popular Consciousness, 1896-194
Thursday, 7 February 2013
Research Seminar: Tuesday 12th February
Our next Historical Research Seminar takes place this coming Tuesday (12th), when Joe Cronin and Patrick Longson will be presenting (details below).
*please note the change of speaker and venue from the advertised programme*
We'll be meeting in the Senior Common Room, Arts II building (floor 4). Refreshments from 5.15, papers start at 5.30 or shortly thereafter.
Joe Cronin, QMUL
Jewish responses to the Fassbinder controversy of 1985
Patrick Longson, University of Birmingham
The Kruger Telegram in the British Popular Consciousness, 1896-1941
Abstract:
The paper will show an overview of Patrick's latest chapter and a forthcoming article which focuses upon a key event in the formation of anti-German sentiment: the Kruger Telegram Crisis of 1896. Beginning with a botched 'sub-imperial' coup in South Africa, the crisis was sparked by an international relations blunder from Germany and resulted in a profound and lasting outburst of anger in Britain which spread to every corner of the British metropole and empire.
This paper will aim to examine a key theoretical underpinning of my overall thesis - the 'ideological archive' - through this fascinating case study. It is hoped that there will be an opportunity to analyse this concept to test out its strengths and limitations. Patrick would greatly appreciate all constructive criticism as a vital source of reflection and development.
Hope to see you there!
p.s. please note that the advertised Graduate Training Session for this date has been postponed to the following week
*please note the change of speaker and venue from the advertised programme*
We'll be meeting in the Senior Common Room, Arts II building (floor 4). Refreshments from 5.15, papers start at 5.30 or shortly thereafter.
Joe Cronin, QMUL
Jewish responses to the Fassbinder controversy of 1985
Patrick Longson, University of Birmingham
The Kruger Telegram in the British Popular Consciousness, 1896-1941
Abstract:
The paper will show an overview of Patrick's latest chapter and a forthcoming article which focuses upon a key event in the formation of anti-German sentiment: the Kruger Telegram Crisis of 1896. Beginning with a botched 'sub-imperial' coup in South Africa, the crisis was sparked by an international relations blunder from Germany and resulted in a profound and lasting outburst of anger in Britain which spread to every corner of the British metropole and empire.
This paper will aim to examine a key theoretical underpinning of my overall thesis - the 'ideological archive' - through this fascinating case study. It is hoped that there will be an opportunity to analyse this concept to test out its strengths and limitations. Patrick would greatly appreciate all constructive criticism as a vital source of reflection and development.
Hope to see you there!
p.s. please note that the advertised Graduate Training Session for this date has been postponed to the following week
Thursday, 31 January 2013
TUESDAY 5TH FEBRUARY, 5.30PM: Raphael Samuel and the Public Responsibilities of the Historian
We're pleased to announce our next Historical Research Forum event
will be on Tuesday 5th February where we will welcome
Professor Barbara Taylor to the School of History, who will talk
about the Raphael Samuel History Centre and the public
responsibilities of the historian (further information below). Queen
Mary joined the Raphael Samuel History Centre in 2012 and this is a
chance to find out more about Raphael Samuel, the Centre's work, and
how to get involved.
Please note the change of room from the previous programme. The venue is the Senior Common Room of the Arts II building (4th floor). Refreshments will be available from 5.15 for a 5.30 start.
For graduate students, there is also a graduate training session immediately beforehand, in the seminar room of the Lock-Keeper's Cottage, at 4pm. This will be on "History and Fraught Politics", organised by Professors Saul Dubow and Miri Rubin.
For more information on the Raphael Samuel History Centre: http://www.raphael-samuel.org.uk/
Please note the change of room from the previous programme. The venue is the Senior Common Room of the Arts II building (4th floor). Refreshments will be available from 5.15 for a 5.30 start.
For graduate students, there is also a graduate training session immediately beforehand, in the seminar room of the Lock-Keeper's Cottage, at 4pm. This will be on "History and Fraught Politics", organised by Professors Saul Dubow and Miri Rubin.
For more information on the Raphael Samuel History Centre: http://www.raphael-samuel.org.uk/
Raphael Samuel and the Public Responsibilities of the Historian
Raphael Samuel (1934-1996), the renowned left-wing historian, was a pioneer in “public engagement” long before this became fashionable. His dedication to a radical-democratic “people's history”, undertaken by men and women from all backgrounds, made him a thorn in the side of the UK academic establishment. Today the Raphael Samuel History Centre (QMUL, University of East London, Bishopsgate Institute) seeks to carry forward this vision of a broadly-based, socially engaged history. We have a big programme of public events, and we work closely with schools, museums, libraries and community educational institutions. We are keen to do more, and we welcome new participants. Come along and discuss our work with Barbara Taylor, the Queen Mary Director of the RSHC.Saturday, 19 January 2013
Research Funding workshop, Tuesday 22nd
Dear all
Nice to see many of you at events last Tuesday and Thursday. Our next Historical Research Forum event is not until Tuesday 5th February (see our programme) but two events that may be of interest to you before then:
Andrew Shaw from Research grants will be joining us, among others, to share examples of best practice and do’s and don’ts.
As promised at the first Submitters' session, I shall be holding a session on 29 January 2013, 3.30-4.30pm, for those of you who plan to submit during this year. Others are welcome, of course. We will be discussing in particular the viva, but there will be occasion to raise other questions and to suggest themes for future meetings of the group.
Nice to see many of you at events last Tuesday and Thursday. Our next Historical Research Forum event is not until Tuesday 5th February (see our programme) but two events that may be of interest to you before then:
Tuesday 22nd January, 4pm (Lock-Keeper's Cottage)
Professor Christina von Hodenberg will be running a research funding workshop for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers thinking of making research funding applications. Here's Christina's message:
We will be offering a hands-on training workshop
for research funding applications. This is aimed at postgrads and
postdocs, particularly those who think about applying for a Leverhulme
Early Career fellowship, but also other postdoc schemes further down the
line (i.e., British Academy postdoc fellowships, Marie Curie mobility
schemes, etc.). All colleagues are very welcome to attend, too. It might
be very valuable for all those who qualify for Early Career schemes in
general.
Tuesday 29th January, 3.30pm (Senior Common Room, Arts II)
Professor Miri Rubin - Submitter' SessionAs promised at the first Submitters' session, I shall be holding a session on 29 January 2013, 3.30-4.30pm, for those of you who plan to submit during this year. Others are welcome, of course. We will be discussing in particular the viva, but there will be occasion to raise other questions and to suggest themes for future meetings of the group.
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
Monday, 14 January 2013
Graduate Training (TUESDAY) and Research Seminar (THURSDAY)
Happy New Year!
Two events for you this week - tomorrow (Tuesday 15th) there will be the first Graduate Training session of term, held by Professors Saul Dubow & Miri Rubin (topic: Reading the “Disciplines”: how to go about it without getting lost).
The location is different this term: Lock-Keeper's Cottage Seminar Room. The training starts at 4pm.
Usually our seminars will follow Graduate Training in the same location. However, in an one-off change of location and day, our first Research Seminar of the year takes place on Thursday 17th at Stewart House (adjacent to Senate House - i.e. the main University of London Library, in Bloomsbury). Room: STB8, from 6pm.
We are pleased to announce that this seminar is a collaboration with the IGRS Grad Forum (IGRS = Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies). You can find out more information here.
Craig Griffiths, QMUL
“For Gays the Third Reich never ended!” The West German Gay Movement and the Pink
Triangle in the 1970s
Katherine Connelly, QMUL
Tragedy and Farce: The Parisian Popular Stage in Marx's 1840s
Two events for you this week - tomorrow (Tuesday 15th) there will be the first Graduate Training session of term, held by Professors Saul Dubow & Miri Rubin (topic: Reading the “Disciplines”: how to go about it without getting lost).
The location is different this term: Lock-Keeper's Cottage Seminar Room. The training starts at 4pm.
Usually our seminars will follow Graduate Training in the same location. However, in an one-off change of location and day, our first Research Seminar of the year takes place on Thursday 17th at Stewart House (adjacent to Senate House - i.e. the main University of London Library, in Bloomsbury). Room: STB8, from 6pm.
We are pleased to announce that this seminar is a collaboration with the IGRS Grad Forum (IGRS = Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies). You can find out more information here.
Craig Griffiths, QMUL
“For Gays the Third Reich never ended!” The West German Gay Movement and the Pink
Triangle in the 1970s
Katherine Connelly, QMUL
Tragedy and Farce: The Parisian Popular Stage in Marx's 1840s
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Spring Term programme
Our programme for the Spring Term can be downloaded here. Our first events are on Tuesday 15th January (Graduate Training) and Thursday 17th January (Research Seminar).
Have a great break everyone - see you in the New Year!
Have a great break everyone - see you in the New Year!
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Seminar, Tuesday 11th December AND end of term party
Our next Historical Research Seminar will take place this coming Tuesday (11th), as usual in room 3.16 of the Arts II building. The papers will start at 5.30pm, and we'll finish a little earlier than usual, at 6.45.
That's because immediately afterwards we'll be transferring upstairs to the Senior Common Room for end of term/christmas celebrations - for staff and postgraduates. Will be wine, nibbles and cheesy music aplenty!
Our two presenters and their abstracts:
Dr James Ryan, University of Warwick
Violence and the Sacred: the case of the Bolsheviks in early Soviet Terror
Stephen Spencer, QMUL
The Emotional Rhetoric of Crusader Spirituality in the Narratives of the First Crusade
That's because immediately afterwards we'll be transferring upstairs to the Senior Common Room for end of term/christmas celebrations - for staff and postgraduates. Will be wine, nibbles and cheesy music aplenty!
Our two presenters and their abstracts:
Dr James Ryan, University of Warwick
Violence and the Sacred: the case of the Bolsheviks in early Soviet Terror
Stephen Spencer, QMUL
The Emotional Rhetoric of Crusader Spirituality in the Narratives of the First Crusade
Monday, 19 November 2012
Funding: where to find it, how to get it - Tuesday 27th November
Our next Historical Research Forum will take place on Tuesday 27th November at 5.30pm (as always, 3.16, Arts II building). There's refreshments from 5pm.
about having enough money to photocopy documents and eat all in the same
month? Cautious to apply to conferences because you don’t know how you
can pay rent, pay your flight/train ticket and pay your hotel bill? Has your
Stretton Fund application been lost in black-hole of paperwork and you need
help sorting it out?
JOIN US for our upcoming Historical Research Forum event on the art of
finding funding. As we all know, enrollment is down and financial cuts are
happening across the board—therefore, being able to find (and secure)
funding outside of the School of History, QM, and London itself is an
increasingly stressful reality. So, let’s help each other out. We hope to have a
mix of first, second, third year and beyond students. Topics covered will range
from local and international funding options to how to construct a successful
scholarship application.
Who: Open to all Researchers in the School of History
What: An event discussing the tricks of finding funding
Where: Arts II, Room 3.16
When: Tuesday, 27 November at 5.30pm (refreshments from 5pm)
Why: Because we all need it.
Written by Dana Smith. A PDF of the poster can be downloaded here.
Funding: where to find it, how to get it
Concerned about financing your much-needed research trip abroad? Worriedabout having enough money to photocopy documents and eat all in the same
month? Cautious to apply to conferences because you don’t know how you
can pay rent, pay your flight/train ticket and pay your hotel bill? Has your
Stretton Fund application been lost in black-hole of paperwork and you need
help sorting it out?
JOIN US for our upcoming Historical Research Forum event on the art of
finding funding. As we all know, enrollment is down and financial cuts are
happening across the board—therefore, being able to find (and secure)
funding outside of the School of History, QM, and London itself is an
increasingly stressful reality. So, let’s help each other out. We hope to have a
mix of first, second, third year and beyond students. Topics covered will range
from local and international funding options to how to construct a successful
scholarship application.
Who: Open to all Researchers in the School of History
What: An event discussing the tricks of finding funding
Where: Arts II, Room 3.16
When: Tuesday, 27 November at 5.30pm (refreshments from 5pm)
Why: Because we all need it.
Written by Dana Smith. A PDF of the poster can be downloaded here.
Sunday, 11 November 2012
Historical Research Seminar, Tuesday 13th November
Our next Historical Research Seminar will take place this coming Tuesday (13th), as usual in room 3.16 of the Arts II building. The papers will start at 5.30pm, tea/coffee/snacks/sandwiches/wine from 5pm. This time we will find a bottle opener come what may!
Our two presenters are both PhD candidates here at Queen Mary:
Matthew Champion
Something Old, Something New: Time in Fifteenth Century Louvain
Responding to the foundation of a new university in the 1420s, drawing on a rich theological vocabulary, and marked by radical changes in the city’s fabric, a new Louvain emerged from the old over the course of the fifteenth century. In this paper, I examine how vocabularies and iconographies of the old and the new were put to use in Louvain, and their implications for a history of time in the fifteenth century.
Adrian Garvey
James Mason and British Masculinity in the 1940s
James Mason was the most popular British film star of the 1940s. However his persona as the ‘fascinating brute’ of Gainsborough melodramas such as The Man in Grey and The Wicked Lady sits at odds with Sonya Rose’s notion of 'temperate masculinity’ in Second World War Britain, the more pervasive gender ideal exemplified by his screen contemporary John Mills. In this paper I will consider this aberrant, even perverse, hypermasculine image in relation to issues of gender, class and national identity in the period.
Hope to see some of you there!
Our two presenters are both PhD candidates here at Queen Mary:
Matthew Champion
Something Old, Something New: Time in Fifteenth Century Louvain
Responding to the foundation of a new university in the 1420s, drawing on a rich theological vocabulary, and marked by radical changes in the city’s fabric, a new Louvain emerged from the old over the course of the fifteenth century. In this paper, I examine how vocabularies and iconographies of the old and the new were put to use in Louvain, and their implications for a history of time in the fifteenth century.
Adrian Garvey
James Mason and British Masculinity in the 1940s
James Mason was the most popular British film star of the 1940s. However his persona as the ‘fascinating brute’ of Gainsborough melodramas such as The Man in Grey and The Wicked Lady sits at odds with Sonya Rose’s notion of 'temperate masculinity’ in Second World War Britain, the more pervasive gender ideal exemplified by his screen contemporary John Mills. In this paper I will consider this aberrant, even perverse, hypermasculine image in relation to issues of gender, class and national identity in the period.
Hope to see some of you there!
Monday, 22 October 2012
Attending & Presenting at Conferences - Tuesday 30 October
Our next Historical Research Forum will take place on Tuesday 30th October at 5.30pm (refreshments from 5pm). As ever, this will be followed by a visit to a local pub, or the SCR bar in the Queens' Building. The room is Arts II 3.16.
Attending and Presenting at Conferences
This Historical Research Forum will focus on all you need to know about attending and presenting at
conferences. In our familiar question-and-answer format we will
consider just why it is so important to attend these events, the
difference between ‘seminars’, ‘conferences’ and
‘colloquiums’, and the range of these events available to you as
a Postgraduate Student at the University of London. We will also
share our experiences of preparing for and presenting at conferences
around the country, and internationally. A few of the questions that
will be covered are:
- When is it best to start attending conferences?
- When is best to start presenting at conferences?
- How many papers am I expected to give during my time as a Postgraduate Researcher?
- How do I write an engaging abstract when applying to present a paper?
- What should I expect from the Question and Answer section after I have presented a paper at an event [here we will hand out some survival techniques to cope with those really awkward and difficult questions]
By
the end of this event you should feel prepared enough to be able to
start thinking about when and where you will present you first paper,
and what it could be on.
This
event is open to EVERYBODY – it is an opportunity for STAFF and
PGRs of all years to meet and share their experiences.
LOCATION:
Arts 2 3:16
DATE:
Tuesday 30 October
TIME:
5.30-7.00 (refreshments provided from 5pm).
(written by Elle Betts). A PDF of this poster can be downloaded here.
Friday, 5 October 2012
First Seminar of the Autumn Term
Our first Historical Research Seminar of this year will take place on Tuesday 16th October at 5.30 and will be held in Arts II 3.16.
Come along and join in the discussion!
Snacks and wine/soft drinks will be available, and the seminar will be followed by a visit to a local pub.
Ariane Mak, EHESS Paris
"People say we're unpatriotic": Conflicting Evaluations of the WarEffort in the Betteshanger Colliery Dispute of January 1942
Clare Trenery, Royal Holloway
Insanity and Epilepsy: Exploring Mental Illness in the Twelfth-Century Miracles of Thomas Becket
Come along and join in the discussion!
Snacks and wine/soft drinks will be available, and the seminar will be followed by a visit to a local pub.
Ariane Mak, EHESS Paris
"People say we're unpatriotic": Conflicting Evaluations of the WarEffort in the Betteshanger Colliery Dispute of January 1942
Clare Trenery, Royal Holloway
Insanity and Epilepsy: Exploring Mental Illness in the Twelfth-Century Miracles of Thomas Becket
Monday, 17 September 2012
Our programme for the Autumn term (first event: Tuesday 2nd October) can be viewed online here.
There will be sandwiches, snacks and drinks from 5pm before each Forum & Seminar event. We will also be going to a local pub after each event so please join us!
More on the Forum:
The Historical Research Forum is a new initiative aimed at bringing together all those
engaged in historical research in the School of History – postgraduate research students
and academic staff. Organised and convened by current PhD candidates, the Forum aims
to gather the various strands of PhD and research life: research training, workshops,
social events, the annual research colloquium and the monthly Historical Research
Seminar. The Forum will provide both a collegial and welcoming environment for
researchers based in the School of History and the opportunity for research students and
academic staff to meet informally. MA students are also welcome as the Forum is an
excellent way for them to find out more about life as a PhD student.
The Historical Research Seminar will be held monthly on Tuesday evenings and offer
research students and staff the opportunity to present a twenty-minute paper in a
friendly, constructive environment. PhD students are encouraged to give papers at the
Seminar during their time at Queen Mary.
There will be sandwiches, snacks and drinks from 5pm before each Forum & Seminar event. We will also be going to a local pub after each event so please join us!
More on the Forum:
The Historical Research Forum is a new initiative aimed at bringing together all those
engaged in historical research in the School of History – postgraduate research students
and academic staff. Organised and convened by current PhD candidates, the Forum aims
to gather the various strands of PhD and research life: research training, workshops,
social events, the annual research colloquium and the monthly Historical Research
Seminar. The Forum will provide both a collegial and welcoming environment for
researchers based in the School of History and the opportunity for research students and
academic staff to meet informally. MA students are also welcome as the Forum is an
excellent way for them to find out more about life as a PhD student.
The Historical Research Seminar will be held monthly on Tuesday evenings and offer
research students and staff the opportunity to present a twenty-minute paper in a
friendly, constructive environment. PhD students are encouraged to give papers at the
Seminar during their time at Queen Mary.
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