The Centre for Jewish Studies and the Department of History, University of Manchester and IWM North (part of Imperial War Museums) One-day conference Holocaust Memory and Memorials Monday 26 October 2015, 9.30am-4.00pm Libeskind Rooms, IWM North This conference will explore the varied and diverging memories of the Holocaust since 1945. Four speakers – three academics…
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CFP: ‘Transnational Cultures of Petitioning from 1750 to the present’
Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 17/5/2015. ‘Transnational Cultures of Petitioning from 1750 to the present’ 29th and 30th June (Monday and Tuesday) Call for Papers – abstracts due May 25 Petitioning was and is a universal phenomenon that transcends place and time. In pre-democratic periods it was frequently the most accessible…
Call for Papers: Political Parties in the Middle East: Past, Present and Future Perspectives
Central Bank of Iran in Tehran, photographed in 2002 by: Ensie & Matthias / http://www.flickr.com License: Creative Commons License (By SA 2.0) A conference to be held at the University of Manchester, 25-27 January 2016 [Dates to be confirmed] Convened by the Subject Areas of History and Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester, in Association…
Workshop: Using University Archives in your Research
Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 4/10/2014. Dissertation Workshop Using University Archives in your Research Tuesday 14th October, 15.00 to 16.00 University Place 3.214 A workshop for 3rd-year undergraduates and MA students – in History and related subjects – who are starting to identify dissertation topics. Rationale The University’s own archives –…