Category: Conferences & Events

The Open University’s criminal justice history centre, (the ICPCJH) is holding the latest in its series of criminal justice history seminars on Friday 24 March 2017.  The event is being held in Library Seminar Rooms 1&2 , Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, from 10.30am to 3.30pm.

The speakers and topics are:

(11.15) Donald Fyson, Laval University, Canada – “The Spectacle of State Violence: Executions in Quebec, 1759-1872”

(12.15) Maryse Tennant, Canterbury Christ Church – “The Police That Never Was: Peel, Melbourne and the Cheshire Constabulary (1829-1857)”

(2.15) Chris Fevre, Dundee University –  “The origins of black community resistance to policing in London, 1945-1959”

To register a place please email FASS-History-Enquiries@open.ac.uk. If you are not an OU staff member or student you will need to pay £10 for lunch.  Please send cheques made payable to ‘The Open University’ for the attention of Carol Fuller, School of History, Religious Studies, Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, MK7 6AA.

Organised by members of the History Department (Gemma Allen, Suzanne Forbes, Amanda Goodrich, Karl Hack, Janice Holmes and Neil Younger), ‘Women and Gender in Early Modern Britain and Ireland: A Conference in Honour of Anne Laurence’ was held at the Institute of Historical Research in London on the 4th June 2016.

This highly successful event, attended by over sixty delegates, celebrated the research of a recently-retired member of the History Department, whilst showcasing new directions in women’s and gender history. Speakers included Amanda Capern, Amy Erickson, James Daybell, Jane Humphries, Mary O’Dowd,  Judith Spicksley, Rosalind Carr, and Frances Nolan. Follow this link to access the full conference programme.

Representing the History Department amongst the speakers was Gemma Allen who talked about her new research uncovering the important (but hitherto ignored) role of the early modern ambassadress, whilst Janice Holmes reflected on the significance of Anne Laurence’s long academic career.

Delegates described ‘feeling suitably inspired after a wonderful conference honouring the career of Anne Laurence’ and noted that it was ‘a privilege and a pleasure to see such accomplished historians … in action’.

The Open University History Department and the conference organisers would like to thank all of the speakers and delegates for making the conference such a success.

On Saturday 27 June 2015, the Open University and the Social History Society hosted a one-day conference ‘Privacy, literacy and the self’ in honour of David Vincent. The conference, held at The Open University in London, included established scholars and newer researchers, with papers considering the significance of David’s scholarship and the new directions it points to. The programme and registration details are online.

 

A key purpose of the British and Irish Research Group is to encourage and support members in the advancement of their research projects. This seminar will showcase the work of three members of the History department and provide a forum for discussion. The formal papers will be followed by a general planning session for the Group’s activities in 2014-15. Everyone is welcome to attend; feel free to come for only part, or all, of the event. For further information see the British and Irish History Research Group’s website.

Time: 2:00 – 4:00pm
Venue: Open University Milton Keynes Campus, Faculty of Arts, Meeting Rooms 1 and 2, Wilson A Ground floor

 

The British Library has launched a major exhibition The Georgians Revealed: Life, Style and the Making of Modern Britain. Amanda Goodrich acted as an advisor and wrote the introduction to the accompanying book.

 

We are holding the next seminar in our criminal justice history series on Friday July 12th, at the Open University’s campus, Walton Hall, in Milton Keynes. The speakers are all researchers who have conducted, or are in the process of conducting, ground-breaking research into the criminal justice systems of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Programme
10.30: Open, Tea, coffee, biscuits.
11.00: Bob Love (University of Leicester) ‘Somerset before the police – policing the county 1830 – 1856’
12.00: Elaine Saunders (Open University) ‘Policing a rural county: eighteenth-century systems of policing in Hertfordshire’
13.00: Lunch
14.00: Dr. Francis Boorman (University of London) ‘The spatiality of policing, crime and disorder in Chancery Lane, c.1760-1815’.
15.00: Dr. Dave Churchill (University of Leicester) ‘The police and the public in Leeds, 1850-1900: the contexts and content of popular animosity’
16.00: Close

If you would like to attend, please could you register by contacting Yvonne Bartley (y.s.bartley@open.ac.uk)? There is a charge of £10 for lunch and refreshments for non-OU attendees. If you’ve got any special dietary requirements, please let us know.

 

Sponsored by the British Association for Victorian Studies, the Economic History Society and the Social History Society, this one day colloquium will be held at the Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies. Full details of the programme and a registration form are available from the British and Irish History research group website. The deadline for registration is 29 October 2012.

 

The History of Medicine research group will hold its third workshop on 4 July 2012 at The Open University in London. Attendance is free, but places are limited, so please email  Yvonne Bartley to reserve a place by 20 June. Further details and the workshop programme are available online.

 

The History of Medicine research group will hold its third workshop on 4 July 2012 at The Open University in London. Attendance is free, but places are limited, so please email  Yvonne Bartley to reserve a place by 20 June. Further details and the workshop programme are available online.