Modern European History Seminar

The seminar will take place on Tuesdays at 17:00, unless otherwise stated.

Each session will be held in person in the Schwarzman Centre, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG, unless otherwise stated. Further details will be circulated closer to the time.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Nick Stargardt (Oxford), Matthew Myers, Katharina Friege, Tehila Sasson
Timing: Tuesdays at 17:00, unless otherwise stated
Organising department: Faculty of History

Talks:

Tuesday 14 October 2025

The Birth of European Religious Pluralism from the Crucible of Nazism
Date: 14 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Udi Greenberg (Dartmouth)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 October 2025

The Symphony Concert in Nazi Germany: Orchestras and their Audiences
Date: 21 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Neil Gregor (Southampton)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 October 2025

Value and Worthlessness: Why Blurring Anthropology and History is still essential
Date: 28 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Don Kalb (Bergen)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 November 2025

The International Labour Organization and its Treatment of Colonial Workers after 1919
Date: 4 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Ulrike Linder (Cologne)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 20.402, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 November 2025

Refugees and the Governance of Time in the Habsburg Empire during the First World War
Date: 11 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Doina Anca Cretu (Warwick)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 20.402, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 18 November 2025

Women’s organizations and social rights in France and its empire (1946-1958)
Date: 18 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Anna Nasser (Deakin, St Antony's)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 20.402, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 November 2025

The End of Europe: A Global History of European Integration
Date: 25 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Marlène Rosano-Grange (Sciences Po)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 20.402, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 2 December 2025

Writing the History of an Invisible Group: Old Women in Germany, 1950-2010
Date: 2 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker : Christina von Hodenberg (GHIL/QMUL)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 20.402, Schwarzman Centre
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark