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Modern British History Seminar (in collaboration with the Oxford Centre for European History)
The seminar meets in person in Oxford’s Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, but if you need to attend via Microsoft Teams, please email mailto:sian.pooley@magd.ox.ac.uk.
Seminars will take place on Thursdays at 12:00, in the Schwarzman Centre, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG, unless otherwise stated.
Attendees are welcome to join us for coffee with the speaker after the seminar.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers:
Sian Pooley (Magdalen College),
Tehila Sasson (Wadham College)
Timing: Thursdays at 14:00, unless otherwise stated
Organising department: Faculty of History
Talks:
Tuesday 20 January 2025
Grey Escape: Britons Retiring Overseas, c. 1980-2010 (Joint meeting with the Modern European History seminar)
Date: 20 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:00
Speaker
:
Helen McCarthy (Cambridge)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 20.402, History Hub, Schwarzman Centre, Woodstock Road, OX2 6GG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 29 January 2025
(Un)bordering "old" Commonwealth migration after 1962
Date: 29 January 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Freddy Foks (Manchester)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (Ground floor), Schwarzman Centre, OX2 6GG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 5 February 2025
Falling families: downward social mobility in the middle class, 1840-1930
Date: 5 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Christina de Bellaigue (Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (Ground floor), Schwarzman Centre, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 12 February 2025
Love’s labour: a history of childcare
Date: 12 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Emily Baughan (Sheffield)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (Ground floor), Schwarzman Centre, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 19 February 2025
Roundtable on the methodologies and historiographies of ‘The Language of Social Science in Everyday Life’
Date: 19 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
s:
Peter Mandler (Cambridge),
Various Discussants
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (Ground Floor), Schwarzman Centre, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 26 February 2025
The Worst Bird in Britain? Gamekeepers, bird protection, and the Little Owl controversy in England, c.1900-1954
Date: 26 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Max Long (Oxford)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (Ground floor), Schwarzman Centre, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 5 March 2025
The Asian Mother and Baby Campaign: Race, Healthcare and Citizenship in late Twentieth Century Britain
Date: 5 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Saima Nasar (Bristol)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (Ground floor), Schwarzman Centre, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 12 March 2025
Respectability on the Line: Gender, Race, and Labor along British and Colonial Indian Railways
Date: 12 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Mattie Armstrong-Price (Fordham University)
Venue: Radcliffe Observatory,
Venue Details: Room 00.063 (Ground floor), Schwarzman Centre, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Editors:
Laura Spence,
Belinda Clark
