Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 8/6/2013. Connecting Currents: Histories of Migration in China and the Pacific Tuesday, 9 July 2013 14:00-16:00 Samuel Alexander Building, Room A4 This workshop explores the impact of trade, empire and environmental crisis on the mobilities of refugees, domestic servants and labour migrants from the mid-nineteenth century…
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Mad, dead or just busy?
Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 23/1/2013. A familiar January, post-exam feeling but, this time, we’re talking dogs! In the nineteenth century the nature and meaning of dog breeds changed with the development of pedigree dogs. These ‘new’ dogs were displayed and judged at shows, traded in emerging markets, and became associated…
Conference: “Corpses of Mass Violence and Genocide”
Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 29/8/2013. 2nd Annual & International Conference of the Research Programme “Corpses of Mass Violence and Genocide” 9th, 10th & 11th September 2013 University of Manchester (UK) Room 4/5, Staff House Search and Identification of Corpses and Human Remains in Post-Genocide and Mass Violence Contexts Following a first conference in Paris…
Social History Society Conference 2013 – Call for Papers
Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 16/8/2012. The annual Social History Society Conference is the largest gathering of social and cultural historians in the UK. In 2013 the conference will take place at the University of Leeds from 25 to 27 March. Proposals for individual papers and panels are warmly invited from…
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