• Type: Seminar Series
• Series organisers: Matthew Grimley (Merton College) , Ben Jackson (University College) , Marc Mulholland (St Catherine’s College) , Sian Pooley (Magdalen College) , William Whyte (St John’s) , Aled Davies (Jesus) , Faridah Zaman (Somerville) , Meleisa Ono-George (Queen's) , Joshua Bennett (Lady Margaret Hall)
• Timing: Thursdays at 12:00-13:30, unless otherwise stated
• Organising department: Faculty of History

Thursday 23 October 2025

• 12:00 - Induction session for graduate students in modern British history
  All new graduate students in modern British history are encouraged to attend.
  Induction

Thursday 30 October 2025

• 12:00 - The making of “Labour’s working class” 1931-1951
  Rebecca Goldsmith (Cambridge)

Thursday 6 November 2025

• 12:00 - “Foreign agitators” in Britain: overseas students and the British student movement in the 1960s
  Olana Peters (Oxford)

Thursday 13 November 2025

• 12:00 - Feminism and the genderquake: “new” feminism in 1990s Britain
  Sarah Crook (Swansea)

Thursday 20 November 2025

• 12:00 - 'Liberal worlds: James Bryce and the democratic intellect’ [New book talk]
  Stuart Jones (Manchester)

Thursday 27 November 2025

• 11:45 - ‘Songs of Seven Dials’ [New book talk]
  Joint meeting with the Women’s, Gender, and Queer History Seminar
  Matt Houlbrook (Birmingham)

Thursday 4 December 2025

• 12:00 - Religion as a liberating force? Black British feminist movements, localised activism, and faith communities in London, 1970-1990
  Hannah Elias (Goldsmiths)