All episodes of Metropolitan History seminar

Episodes

Published 03/13/19

Shopping for pets in nineteenth and twentieth-century London

Shopping for pets in nineteenth and twentieth-century London Jane Hamlett , Royal Holloway, Rebecca Preston , Royal Holloway

Published 03/13/19

Ghostly geographies: in search of medieval Swansea today

Ghostly geographies: in search of medieval Swansea today Catherine Clarke (IHR)

Published 02/13/19

The city under the railway arches: Infrastructures of social value in Victorian London - Peter Jones, IHR

The city under the railway arches: Infrastructures of social value in Victorian London Peter Jones, IHR

Published 01/30/19

E.M. Forster and Edwardian London

Roland Quinault, IHR

Published 10/10/18

Out of Place: Vagrancy and Settlement - 1

This conference, organised by the Centre for Metropolitan History, aims to explore the shifting experiences, representations and status of vagrancy in relation to the history of British settlement. How can exploring the images and realities of vagrancy sharpen our understanding of the histories of ‘settled’ communities, cities and parishes, which have otherwise been articulated from a sedentary perspective? Plenary speakers are: Professor Patricia Fumerton (University of California, Santa...

Published 12/07/17

Out of Place: Vagrancy and Settlement - 2

Published 12/06/17

Making sense of the problem of dereliction in 1980s Dublin

Institute of Historical Research Making sense of the problem of dereliction in 1980s Dublin Erika Hanna (University of Bristol) Metropolitan History seminar series

Published 03/14/17

Young people and the rhythms of the city: towards a transurban history of modern walks (1850-1914)

Institute of Historical Research Young people and the rhythms of the city: towards a transurban history of modern walks (1850-1914) Simon Sleight (King's College London) Metropolitan History seminar series

Published 02/28/17

The ancient city of Rome as a site of diplomacy

Institute of Historical Research The ancient city of Rome as a site of diplomacy Hannah Cornwell (Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study) Metropolitan History seminar series

Published 02/15/17

Richmond, Surrey: 1850-1900. A suburb of London?

Institute of Historical Research Richmond, Surrey: 1850-1900. A suburb of London? Mike Brownlee (IHR) Metropolitan History seminar series

Published 02/01/17

Department stores and the discourse of modernity in early 20th-century Berlin fiction

Institute of Historical Research Department stores and the discourse of modernity in early 20th-century Berlin fiction Godela Weiss-Sussex (Institute of Modern Languages Research, School of Advanced Study) Metropolitan History seminar series

Published 10/12/16

Only a local affair'? Local identities and communities in London's Boer War Carnivals of 1900

Institute of Historical Only a local affair'? Local identities and communities in London's Boer War Carnivals of 1900 Dion Giorgiou (Queen Mary University of London) Metropolitan History seminar series

Published 02/17/16

The City as Phoenix: ruination and recovery in 20th-century Tokyo

Institute of Historical Research The City as Phoenix: ruination and recovery in 20th-century Tokyo Mark Pendleton (Sheffield) Metropolitan History seminar series

Published 02/03/16

Richard Smyth of London, 1590-1675: a quiet life in a turbulent century?

Institute of Historical Research Richard Smyth of London, 1590-1675: a quiet life in a turbulent century? Professor Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck) Metropolitan History seminar series

Published 01/20/16

The practice of property: The Draper's Company estate, c. 1540 - 1640

Institute of Historical Research The practice of property: The Draper's Company estate, c. 1540 - 1640 Sarah Ann Milne (University of Westminster) Metropolitan History seminar series

Published 12/09/15

Make Public

Institute of Historical Research Make Public David Roberts (Bartlett) Metropolitan History seminar series

Published 03/03/15

Selling Paris: The Commerce in Real Estate in the Fin-de-siecle

Institute of Historical Research Selling Paris: The Commerce in Real Estate in the Fin-de-siecle Alexia Yates (Cambridge) Metropolitan History seminar series

Published 02/18/15

West End girls and East End boys: the Survey of London's current research

Institute of Historical Research West End girls and East End boys: the Survey of London's current research Colin Thom (Survey of London, UCL) Metropolitan History seminar series

Published 12/10/14

Idealising the Early Modern City: Festival Design in Theory and Practise in Late Seventeenth-Century London and Paris

Institute of Historical Research Idealising the Early Modern City: Festival Design in Theory and Practise in Late Seventeenth-Century London and Paris Elaine Tierney (V&A) Metropolitan History seminar series

Published 11/26/14

Arnold Fitz Thedmar: an early London chronicler

Institute of Historical Research Arnold Fitz Thedmar: an early London chronicler Ian Stone (KCL) Metropolitan History seminar series

Published 10/01/14

Selling on the streets: food and urban space in eighteenth-century Naples

Melissa Calaresu (Cambridge) Metropolitan History seminar Institute of Historical Research 6 November 2013

Published 01/06/14

Localism in turn-of-the-century London? The development of the Minet Estate in Lambeth c.1870-1910

20-11-13 Institute of Historical Research Localism in turn-of-the-century London? The development of the Minet Estate in Lambeth c.1870-1910 David Kroll (CMH/IHR) Metropolitan History seminar

Published 11/20/13

Segregating the city: class, the railways, and Greater London 1880-1920

Simon Abernethy (Cambridge) 23 October 2013 Metropolitan History seminar Institute of Historical Research

Published 11/19/13

Providing for Londoners: interventions by the authorities at times of crisis in the early seventeenth century

David Carmichael (CMH/IHR) 9 October 2013 Metropolitan History seminar Institute of Historical Research

Published 11/04/13