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Name: Matthew Grimley
Events this person is organising:
Thursday 16 October 2025
Cricket, empire, and the remaking of postwar England
Date: 16 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Michael Collins (UCL)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
Joshua Bennett,
Matthew Grimley
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 23 October 2025
Induction session for graduate students in modern British history
Date: 23 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Induction
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
Joshua Bennett,
Matthew Grimley
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 30 October 2025
The making of “Labour’s working class” 1931-1951
Date: 30 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Rebecca Goldsmith (Cambridge)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
Joshua Bennett,
Matthew Grimley
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 6 November 2025
“Foreign agitators” in Britain: overseas students and the British student movement in the 1960s
Date: 6 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Olana Peters (Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
Joshua Bennett,
Matthew Grimley
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 13 November 2025
Feminism and the genderquake: “new” feminism in 1990s Britain
Date: 13 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Sarah Crook (Swansea)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
Joshua Bennett,
Matthew Grimley
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 20 November 2025
'Liberal worlds: James Bryce and the democratic intellect’ [New book talk]
Date: 20 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Stuart Jones (Manchester)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
Joshua Bennett,
Matthew Grimley
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 4 December 2025
Religion as a liberating force? Black British feminist movements, localised activism, and faith communities in London, 1970-1990
Date: 4 December 2025, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker
:
Hannah Elias (Goldsmiths)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre
Organisers:
Joshua Bennett,
Matthew Grimley
Hosts:
TBA
