Conferences, Seminars and Events
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Dr Andrew Thrush, ‘The Fall of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk and the revival of impeachment, 1621’
Our own Dr Andrew Thrush, editor of the House of Lords 1603-1660 section, discusses his recent ‘Parliaments, politics and people’…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Parliamentary oratory and images – a new approach to the study of late medieval and early modern political culture
Our ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar returned for a new term with a paper given by three German scholars. Professor…
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The ‘transformation’ of representation, 1386-1558
Last month, Dr Simon Payling spoke at the final ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar on the ‘Transformation of the Commons,…
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David Magliocco, ‘Popularity, “popularity” and popularity: Pepys and popularity’
Dr Robin Eagles reports back from our latest ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar… The last Parliaments seminar returned to the…
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The History of Parliament lecture: Dr Amanda Foreman
The History of Parliament has held an annual lecture in Westminster for eight years, until last year Dr Amanda Foreman,…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Nigel Aston ‘Out of retirement: Lord Lansdowne and opposition politics in the 1790s’
At our last ‘parliaments, politics and people’ seminar, Dr Nigel Aston (University of Leicester) spoke on William Petty, Lord Lansdowne…
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‘The Long Parliament and State Formation’ colloquium report
Last month, our Commons, 1640-1660 section hosted a colloquium to discuss their research to date and to prepare for work…
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Writing the History of Parliament in Early Modern England – colloquium report
Dr Paul Cavill, lecturer in early modern history at the University of Leeds, reports back from last weekend’s colloquium ‘Writing…
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Parliaments Politics and People seminar: Rhodri Morgan, ‘Wales and the United Kingdom Question’
Reporting back from our last ‘Parliaments, politics and people‘ seminar… A more modern focus at our last seminar of the…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Jonathan Fitzgibbons (Cambridge) ‘Concord or Discord?: The Third Protectorate Parliament and the Pitfalls of J.T. Rutt’s edition of Thomas Burton’s Diary’
Our first seminar update of the new term… At our latest Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, Dr Jonathan Fitzgibbons made…