Events from the 17 July 2023 - 23 July 2023 Reset
Christian Liddy, Durham University, 'What is family in an age of plague? Recovery and resilience in the late medieval city'
Reflecting upon the contemporary situation and the way the war in Ukraine is affecting cities, this workshop addresses broader issues affecting urban recovery across time and space.
19 July 2023
10:20 AM - 11:20 AM
Online
- Public
- Workshop
- Department of History
Organise! Organise! Organise! Collective Action, Associational Culture and the Politics of Organisation in Britain and Ireland, c.1790-1914
Registration is now open for this two-day conference to be held 20-21 July 2023 at Collingwood College. All are also welcome to attend the book launch for Henry Miller’s A Nation of Petitioners: Petitions and Petitioning in the United Kingdom, 1780-1918 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023). It will take place on Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 4-5pm, PG.21 (Palace Green 21). Contact: henry.j.miller@durham.ac.uk
20 July 2023 - 21 July 2023
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Collingwood College Penthouse Conference Suite, Durham University
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
Closing Statement / Discussion, Richard Rodger, Edinburgh University, 'Man's Inhumanity to Man' Backdated
Reflecting upon the contemporary situation and the way the war in Ukraine is affecting cities, this workshop addresses broader issues affecting urban recovery across time and space.
20 July 2023
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
Online
- Public
- Workshop
- Department of History
Anton Drobovych, Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, 'How Does Memory Become Poison? An Overview of Political Irresponsibility with Far-Reaching Consequences'
While the politics of memory and the way through which some versions and interpretations of history become prioritised in official political discourses have engaged a broad range of actors in the past, it is in the most traumatic moments of history such as today in Ukraine that they are particularly in flux, with old sites of memory acquiring new layers of meaning and new ones emerging from the sites of war and destruction.
21 July 2023
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
Online
- Public
- Workshop
- Department of History
Andy Wood, Durham University, 'Landscape and Memory'
While the politics of memory and the way through which some versions and interpretations of history become prioritised in official political discourses have engaged a broad range of actors in the past, it is in the most traumatic moments of history such as today in Ukraine that they are particularly in flux, with old sites of memory acquiring new layers of meaning and new ones emerging from the sites of war and destruction.
21 July 2023
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Online
- Public
- Workshop
- Department of History
Istvan Rev, Director of the Open Society Archives in Budapest, 'The Sequel of a Trumped-Up Past'
While the politics of memory and the way through which some versions and interpretations of history become prioritised in official political discourses have engaged a broad range of actors in the past, it is in the most traumatic moments of history such as today in Ukraine that they are particularly in flux, with old sites of memory acquiring new layers of meaning and new ones emerging from the sites of war and destruction.
22 July 2023
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
- Public
- Workshop
- Department of History