Seminar Programme

In Semester 2 of  the 2020/2021 Academic Year we have confirmed the following papers, abstracts and fuller details of paper will be updated when available.

9 February 2021 – 12.00 – 13.00 GMT

Professor Daniel Siemens (Newcastle University) Behind the ‘World Stage’: Hermann Budzislawski and the Twentieth Century  [Abstract]

Please note: The time for this event is 12-1pm, in cooperation with the HCA Research Seminar

24 February 2021 – 16.00 GMT

Professor Stella Ghervas (Newcastle University) and Professor Rachel Hammersley (Newcastle University)  Round table and Book LaunchA Cultural History of Peace in the Age of Enlightenment (1648-1815) [Further Details]

17 March 2021 – 16.00 GMT

Professor Benjamin Martin (Uppsala University) The Rise of the Cultural Treaty:  Diplomatic Agreements and the International Politics of ‘Culture’ in the Age of Three Worlds  [Abstract]

12 May 2021 – 16.00 BST  (GMT + 1)

Dr Nicole Immler (University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht) Acknowledging the colonial past: Investigating reparation practices after human rights violations

26 May 2021 – 16.00 BST  (GMT + 1)

Dr Erik Sjöberg (Södertörn University): The Memory of Disaster: From the Asia Minor Catastrophe to the notion of the Pontian Greek genocide