Conferences, Seminars and Events
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Parliament, Politics and People: The politics of impressment, 1639-41: a Gloucestershire microhistory
Today’s blog is a summary from Sonia Tycko, PhD. candidate from Harvard University about the paper that she presented, as part…
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Bishops and Popular Opinion in the Era of Catholic Emancipation and the Reform Bill
Today’s post is a guest blog from PhD candidate Nicholas Dixon of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. Nicholas shares this…
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‘The Second Reform Act of 1867: party interest or the road to democracy?’: A debate between Rt. Hon. The Lord Adonis and Kwasi Kwarteng MP
Last Tuesday the History of Parliament hosted our annual lecture in Westminster – also our new Director, Dr Stephen Roberts’…
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Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: Paul Hunneyball, ‘Privilege versus prerogative: tensions between the House of Lords and the Crown, c.1603-30’
In today’s blogpost, Dr Paul Hunneyball, Senior Research Fellow on the Lords 1603-1660 section, reports back on his recent ‘Parliaments, Politics…
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Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: Henry Midgley, ‘Harold Wilson and the Public Accounts Committee 1959-63’
At our first ‘Parliaments, Politics & People‘ seminar of the new academic year, Henry Midgley discussed his work on Harold…
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Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: Charlotte Young, ‘John Bradshaw’s forgotten role: the Committee for Sequestration’s legal advisers in the 1640s’
At our last ‘Parliaments, Politics & People’ seminar, Charlotte Young (Royal Holloway University of London) spoke on ‘John Bradshaw’s forgotten…
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Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: Priscilla Baines, ‘House of Commons governance: a suitable case for treatment?’
In today’s blog Dr Paul Hunneyball reports back from our recent Parliament, Politics & People seminar – where former House…
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Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: ‘A distant and Whiggish country’: The Conservative Party and Scottish elections, 1832–1847
At our last ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar, Gary Hutchison (University of Edinburgh – and former winner of the HPT’s…
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Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: The political ideas and parliamentary career of Thomas Scot, regicide, 1645-1660
Today Dr Alan Marshall (Bath Spa University) reports back from his last ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar paper: The political…