Tuesday 17 February 2026

• 16:15 - The Death of Dragons: Faith and Fairy Tales in early eighteenth-century Taxonomy c.1665-1750
  Thomas Wood (Independent)
  Graduate Seminar in History 1680-1850
• 17:00 - The Black Death as a structural labour market transformation (with Vincent Delabastita, Spike Gibbs and Greg Salter)
  Jordan Claridge (LSE)
  Economic and Social History Research Seminar
• 17:00 - Lecture 4: Making Equality
  Professor Jill Frank (Cornell University)
  Carlyle Lectures in the History of Political Thought 2026: The Shape of Democracy
• 17:00 - Rethinking Max Weber’s Politics
  Peter Ghosh (Oxford)
  Modern European History Seminar

Thursday 19 February 2026

• 11:45 - Magazine Methodologies Postgraduate Workshop: Materiality
  Various Speakers
  LGBTQ+ History Faculty Network
• 12:30 - Timely Courts and Immediate Responses: Waste Management as a Temporal Issue in Late Medieval England
  Louis James Henry (University of Stavanger/KCL)
  Environmental History Working Group
• 14:00 - Roundtable on the methodologies and historiographies of ‘The Language of Social Science in Everyday Life’
  Peter Mandler (Cambridge), Various Discussants
  Modern British History Seminar (in collaboration with the Oxford Centre for European History)
• 17:00 - Lecture 5: Self and Society
  Professor Peter Mandler (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge)
  The James Ford Lectures 2026: The Language of Social Science in Everyday Life
• 17:00 - Family Archives in England, 1650-1838: Manuscripts, Memory, and the Making of History
  Dr Imogen Peck (Birmingham)
  Early Modern Britain Seminar

Friday 20 February 2026

• 14:00 - Campaigning and Counter-Insurgency in the Creole Archipelago: The British Struggle in the Revolutionary Caribbean
  David Lambert (Warwick)
  Global and Imperial History Research Seminar
• 17:00 - Beyond Average Wages: Wage Inequality in Medieval England, 1300–1514
  Leonardo Ridolfi (University of Siena)
  Economic and Social History Research Seminar

Monday 23 February 2026

• 11:00 - Setting the Children to Work in Early Modern London: Some Methodological Challenges
  Ian Archer (Oxford)
  Centre for the History of Childhood Seminars and Events
• 12:15 - Religious Encounters
  Reading Group
  Iberian History Reading Group
• 16:00 - The Mental After-Care Association, Recovery and Psychotherapy
  Hannah Blythe (Leeds)
  Oxford Centre for the History of Science Medicine & Technology (OCHSMT) Seminars and Events
• 17:00 - International commerce and regional development: pepper in the Indian Ocean
  Chris Wickham (Birmingham/Oxford)
  Medieval History Research Seminar

Tuesday 24 February 2026

• 16:00 - High Tech Gays v. D.I.S.C.O: Challenging the Straight State in the Corporate Sphere
  Josh Hollands (UCL), Chair: Sarah Knott (Oxford)
  WGQ Centre
• 16:15 - “Will someone please think of the children!”: Child Custody and Mediation in the Court for Matrimonial Causes, 1800-1923
  Jennifer Aston (Northumbria)
  Graduate Seminar in History 1680-1850
• 17:00 - Free Public Transport: The View From 1976
  Daniel Gordon (Oxford)
  Modern European History Seminar
• 17:00 - The Negus and the monks: Monasteries, state formation and long-run development in Ethiopia, 1270-2020 (with Andrés Martignano)
  Mattia Bertazzini (University of Nottingham)
  Economic and Social History Research Seminar
• 17:00 - Lecture 5: The Sense of Beauty
  Professor Jill Frank (Cornell University)
  Carlyle Lectures in the History of Political Thought 2026: The Shape of Democracy

Wednesday 25 February 2026

• 11:00 - Latest Intersections Reading Group with the RAI
  Reading Group
  LGBTQ+ History Faculty Network
• 14:00 - Transnational Trade & Labour History
  Camille Neufville (University of Strasbourg), Amrit Deol (California State University, Fresno)
  Transnational & Global History Seminar
• 16:15 - Christians, Jews, and Muslims' resistance to the Spanish Monarchs in 15th c. Malaga
  Celine Dauverd
  Koch History Centre Seminars and Events
• 16:30 - Old Customs and the Contest for Jurisdiction over Jews and Muslims in Late Medieval Iberia
  Rodrigo Garcia-Velasco (UCL)
  Iberian History Seminar
• 17:00 - One History or Many? Transitional Justice Theory and the Politics of Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland
  Professor Louise Mallinder (QUB)
  Oxford Irish History Seminar
• 17:15 - Male Bodies for the Fatherland: Invalidity and Self-Mutilation in the Eighteenth-Century Habsburg Monarchy
  Joint session with the History of War seminar. Please note the change in regular time and place. This seminar will take place at All Souls College at 17:15 on Wednesday 25 February.
  Julia Heinemann (Antwerp), Chair: Peter Wilson
  Early Modern World Seminar
• 17:15 - Male bodies for the fatherland. Invalidity and self-mutilation in the eighteenth-century Habsburg monarchy
  Please note this session is in the Old Library, All Souls College
  Julia Heinemann (Antwerp)
  History of War Seminar Series

Thursday 26 February 2026

• 11:45 - Glut
  Content awareness: This session engages methodologically and theoretically with archival materials that may involve sexual violence, reproductive politics, racialised power, gendered harm, and coercion, particularly in contexts where such materials appear in uneven, repetitive, or overwhelming abundance (“archival glut”). While the focus of the session is analytical and methodological rather than descriptive, some themes may nevertheless be challenging. For those who may find it helpful, we also recommend the excellent resources produced by the Challenging Research group, which offer guidance on working with emotionally demanding archives and topics: https://challengingresearch.org/resources/
  Anthea Butler (University of Pennsylvania, and Koch History Centre), Catherine Sloan (Oxford)
  WGQ Centre
• 14:00 - The Worst Bird in Britain? Gamekeepers, bird protection, and the Little Owl controversy in England, c.1900-1954
  Max Long (Oxford)
  Modern British History Seminar (in collaboration with the Oxford Centre for European History)
• 17:00 - Lecture 6: Self vs. Society
  Professor Peter Mandler (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge)
  The James Ford Lectures 2026: The Language of Social Science in Everyday Life
• 17:00 - Film Screening: Victim (1961)
  Film screening and discussion
  LGBTQ+ History Faculty Network
• 17:00 - “Commerce has taught us more humanitie”? Enslaved Black people, Jewish people, and the conditional rightslessness of ‘infidels’ in seventeenth-century England
  Dr Kathleen Commons (Sheffield)
  Early Modern Britain Seminar

Friday 27 February 2026

• 14:00 - Fascist India: Race, Caste and Hindutva [Book Talk]
  Luna Sabastian (Northeastern University London)
  Global and Imperial History Research Seminar

Monday 2 March 2026

• 16:00 - Popular Science Writing: Literary Approaches
  Michael Whitworth (Oxford)
  Oxford Centre for the History of Science Medicine & Technology (OCHSMT) Seminars and Events
• 17:00 - Insular manuscripts: why membrane matters
  Please note: this session will be in-person only, not hybrid - this is due to restrictions governing the sharing of unpublished results by grant partners
  Jo Story (Leicester)
  Medieval History Research Seminar

Tuesday 3 March 2026

• 16:15 - Undergraduate Thesis session (in-person only)
  Please note this session is in-person only.
  Various Speakers
  Graduate Seminar in History 1680-1850
• 17:00 - Reflections on writing the history of Europe under German occupation during World War II
  Tatjana Tönsmeyer (Wuppertal)
  Modern European History Seminar
• 17:00 - Title TBC
  Alessandro Nuvolari (School of Advanced Studies, Pisa)
  Economic and Social History Research Seminar
• 17:00 - Lecture 6: Democratic Form
  Professor Jill Frank (Cornell University)
  Carlyle Lectures in the History of Political Thought 2026: The Shape of Democracy
• 18:00 - Book Launch: An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail with author Hélène Giannecchini
  Hélène Giannecchini (Author), Discussant: Katie Burke (Oxford), Discussant: Eszter D Kovács (Oxford)
  LGBTQ+ History Faculty Network

Wednesday 4 March 2026

• 12:30 - By the Power Vested in Me: How Experts Shape Same-Sex Marriage Debates
  Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer (University of Toulouse)
  WGQ Centre
• 17:00 - Koch History Centre Lecture: Church, State and Hierarchy
  David d'Avray
  Koch History Centre Seminars and Events

Thursday 5 March 2026

• 11:45 - Magazine Methodologies Postgraduate Workshop: Community
  Various Speakers
  LGBTQ+ History Faculty Network
• 14:00 - The Asian Mother and Baby Campaign: Race, Healthcare and Citizenship in late Twentieth Century Britain
  Saima Nasar (Bristol)
  Modern British History Seminar (in collaboration with the Oxford Centre for European History)
• 14:00 - Burning Issues: Fire Management in Metropolitan Los Angeles, 1892-1938
  Please note change of time to 14:00-15:30
  Jessica Chirboga (Oxford)
  Environmental History Working Group
• 17:00 - First year graduate presentations
  Various Speakers
  Early Modern Britain Seminar

Friday 6 March 2026

• 14:00 - Hobbes the Egyptian: The Leviathan as Anti-Bible
  Robert Yelle (LMU Munich)
  Global and Imperial History Research Seminar

Monday 9 March 2026

• 11:00 - Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries in Childhood Studies
  Kiera Vaclavik (QMUL), Sophie Ratcliffe (Oxford)
  Centre for the History of Childhood Seminars and Events
• 12:15 - Order of Knowledge
  Reading Group
  Iberian History Reading Group
• 16:00 - The quantification of famine in the British Empire, 1770-1801
  John Lidwell-Durnin (Exeter)
  Oxford Centre for the History of Science Medicine & Technology (OCHSMT) Seminars and Events
• 17:00 - Cowries, Cloth and Coins: Currency in Medieval Economic Anthropology
  Nick Evans (Birkbeck)
  Medieval History Research Seminar

Tuesday 10 March 2026

• 14:00 - Investigations of Women’s Suicides in the County of Henneberg: 1590-1612
  This presentation examines historical sources that address suicide in the early modern period. Although the analysis is academic and contextualised, the subject matter may be upsetting or triggering for some listeners. Audience members are encouraged to prioritise their well-being and step away if needed.
  Louisa Bergold, Chair: Giora Sternberg
  Early Modern World Seminar
• 15:00 - Special Contemporary History Seminar: The Rise and Demise of Italy’s Christian Democracy
  Rosario Forlenza (LUISS Rome)
• 16:15 - The Making of Marie Antoinette Style at The V&A
  Sarah Grant (The V&A), Oliver Cox (The V&A)
  Graduate Seminar in History 1680-1850
• 17:00 - Spinning at Home for the Market: Individual Productivity and Income in 18th Century Sweden
  Kathryn Gary (Lund University)
  Economic and Social History Research Seminar
• 17:00 - Artistic Exchanges during the Global Cold War: Algeria and the Eastern Bloc
  Katarzyna Falęcka (Newcastle)
  Modern European History Seminar

Wednesday 11 March 2026

• 10:00 - Postgraduate Presentations
  Please note these presentations will take place in the Schwarzman Centre, from 10:00-14:30
  Various Speakers
  History of War Seminar Series
• 11:00 - Latest Intersections Reading Group with the RAI
  Reading Group
  LGBTQ+ History Faculty Network
• 14:00 - Imperial and Postcolonial Regimes of Expertise: Medicine, Development, and Environmental Limits
  Sudarshana Banerjee (University of St Andrews), Rishabh Bajoria (National University of Singapore)
  Transnational & Global History Seminar
• 16:15 - From Sacrifice to Creation: Two Paradigms of Indian Political Thought
  Salmoli Choudhuri
  Koch History Centre Seminars and Events
• 16:30 - Title TBC
  Charlotte de Castelnau-L’Estoile (Sorbonne)
  Iberian History Seminar
• 17:00 - Making Ireland Catholic: Morality and Modernity in the Free State
  Fearghal McGarry (QUB)
  Oxford Irish History Seminar

Thursday 12 March 2026

• 14:00 - Respectability on the Line: Gender, Race, and Labor along British and Colonial Indian Railways
  Mattie Armstrong-Price (Fordham University)
  Modern British History Seminar (in collaboration with the Oxford Centre for European History)
• 16:00 - Archival Fragments, Experimental Modes in Oxford
  Sara Johnson (UC San Diego), Sarah Knott (Oxford)
  WGQ Centre
• 17:00 - First year graduate presentations
  Various Speakers
  Early Modern Britain Seminar

Friday 13 March 2026

• 14:00 - Students Against Apartheid: Collective Emotions and the Making of a Global Movement
  Daniel Manulak (Toronto & Oxford)
  Global and Imperial History Research Seminar

Tuesday 5 May 2026

• 14:00 - Toward a History of Misunderstandings: The Missionaries’ Dilemma
  This talk has been rescheduled from Michaelmas Term. Please note the change of venue
  Peter Burke (Cambridge), Chair: Filippo de Vivo
  Early Modern World Seminar