Conferences, Seminars and Events
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Horatio Bottomley – how a radical journalist became a right-wing populist MP
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Professor David Renton of SOAS/Garden Court chambers. On…
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Political practices: new directions in political history in the long nineteenth century
Continuing our series reflecting on the Organise! Organise! Organise! conference hosted by Durham University and supported by the History of Parliament, guest…
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Acts of Recovery: archival reconstruction in the digital age reflection
In September 2023, the UK Parliamentary Archives hosted an event to mark their collaboration with the Virtual Record Treasury of…
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Reflections on the Organise! Organise! Organise! Conference
Continuing our series reflecting on the Organise! Organise! Organise! conference hosted by Durham University and supported by the History of…
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Everyday Experiences of Politics: Material Culture in the Age of Reform, 1780-1832
Our Parliaments, Politics and People seminar is back for the autumn term! At next week’s seminar Kerry Love of the University…
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The Letters of Richard Cobden (1804-1865) Online: An exploration in Active Citizenship
Today is the official launch of the Letters of Richard Cobden Online. This resource contains a searchable collection of digital…
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Organise! Organise! Organise! Conference Review
Last month Durham University, supported by the History of Parliament, hosted the conference Organise! Organise! Organise! Collective Action, Associational Culture…
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Parliamentarians on their past: Memories of the 1983 General Election
In June, the History of Parliament were delighted to welcome an audience to the first lecture of our contemporary history…
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Roundtable on Henry J. Miller, A Nation of Petitioners: Petitions and Petitioning in the United Kingdom, 1780-1918 (Cambridge, 2023)
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Parliaments, Politics and People roundtable seminar, we hear from Dr Henry Miller of the University of Durham. On…
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The reinvention of the political wife in the age of suffrage
Ahead of next Tuesday’s hybrid Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Ellie Lowe of Selwyn College, Cambridge. On 13…
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Launching the Letters, Writings, and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, Oxford March 2023
An event celebrating the the publication of a new edition of The Letters, Writings, and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell was…
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Politics and play in girls’ schools in England, 1870-1914
Ahead of next Tuesday’s hybrid Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Dr Helen Sunderland of St Catherine’s College, University…