Raphael Samuel History Centre
@rshc.bsky.social
Outreach and research centre devoted to encouraging the widest possible participation in historical study and debate.
E. P. Thompson in Italy: Reception, Translation, and Class as a Historical Problem Join Gianmaria Brunazzi (Università degli Studi di Milano) to discuss 18 June 2.30, Bloomsbury followed by a reception Book here www.EPThompsonInItaly.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
Responding to a growing urgency to rethink class in historical terms, Gianmaria Brunazzi discusses ‘E. P. Thompson in Italy: Reception, Translation, and Class as a Historical Problem’. Join us, 18 June, Bloomsbury www.EPThompsonInItaly.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
Why did one of the most influential works of twentieth-century social history have such a limited and uneven impact in Italy? EP Thompson in Italy: Reception, Translation, and Class as a Historical Problem 18/6, Bloomsbury Book here www.EPThompsonInItaly.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
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EP Thompson in Italy 18 June, Bloomsbury, followed by a reception. Book here epthompsoninitaly.eventbrite.co.uk
Join us for E. P. Thompson in Italy: Reception, Translation, and Class as a Historical Problem Gianmaria Brunazzi (Università degli Studi di Milano) 18 June 2.30, Bloomsbury Book here www.EPThompsonInItaly.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
About me: I'm really interested in how (Catholic) minorities persevere. Confessional Mobility: oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093... Archives & Information: britishacademy.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.5871... Social History: academic.oup.com/past/issue/2...
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Raphael Samuel History Centre - Birkbeck, University of London
The Raphael Samuel History Centre is an outreach and research centre supported by a two-way partnership between Birkbeck and Queen Mary.
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Join us 26 May for our next in-person IHR #histsex Seminar. Birgit Lang : Sex, Psyche, and Politics: Eden and Cedar Paul as Activist Translators of European Modernity DATE: 26 May 2026 at 5:30pm LOCATION: N202 Past and Present, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU All are welcome.
The Bonnart Lecture 2026 at Birkbeck: hear Prof. David Scott (Columbia University) on ‘Growing echoes in his head: through the prism of Stuart Hall's life’ on 10 June. Book here: bit.ly/4we48jh @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
The Bonnart Lecture 2026 with Professor David Scott of Columbia University
Growing echoes in his head: through the prism of Stuart Hall's life
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Next week! The Inner Life of Politics: Grassroots Activism in West Germany, 1962-1983. With Belinda J Davis, Rutgers University InnerLifeOfPolitics.eventbrite.co.uk Explore where and how change takes place with significant implications for our present. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
The Inner Life of Politics: Grassroots Activism in West Germany, 1962-1983
Seminar from Professor Belinda J Davis (Rutgers University) about the nature and timeline of political change
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'Becoming Arab' book launch,Yossef Rapoport (QMUL) 20 May, E1 How did late medieval Middle Eastern peasants adopt Arab cultural identities and form village clans? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yossef-rapoport-book-launch-becoming-arab-tickets-1987899032519 @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
Yossef Rapoport Book Launch: Becoming Arab:
Yossef Rapoport, Becoming Arab: The formation of Arab Identity in the Medieval Middle East (Princeton UP, 2025)
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Homelessness in Postwar Britain: Do historians have anything useful to say? 22 May, Bloomsbury, in person Join our conversation around a neglected topic. Help bring to light past discussions and experiences that might inform present responses. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
My PhD student Peter Wood wrote a brilliant dissertation on postwar homelessness policy that massively changed my understanding of the issues. He'll be speaking about it with other historians of homelessness at @rshc.bsky.social 22 May. Do sign up! homelessnessinpostwarbritain.eventbrite.co.uk
The Inner Life of Politics: Grassroots Activism in West Germany, 1962-1983 13 May, Bloomsbury InnerLifeOfPolitics.eventbrite.co.uk Belinda J Davis explores new understandings of where & how change takes place with significant implications for our present @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
The Inner Life of Politics: Grassroots Activism in West Germany, 1962-1983
Seminar from Professor Belinda J Davis (Rutgers University) about the nature and timeline of political change
innerlifeofpolitics.eventbrite.co.uk
The Inner Life of Politics: Grassroots Activism in West Germany, 1962-1983 Belinda J Davis (Rutgers) 13 May, Bloomsbury InnerLifeOfPolitics.eventbrite.co.uk What is the nature and timeline of political change and how should its success be assessed? And why do stories matter in grassroots politics?
The Inner Life of Politics: Grassroots Activism in West Germany, 1962-1983
Seminar from Professor Belinda J Davis (Rutgers University) about the nature and timeline of political change
innerlifeofpolitics.eventbrite.co.uk
Join us for our next IHR #histsex seminar 14 April, 5:30pm UK time. Wannes Dupont : "Unwilling To Know: Male Homosexuality at the Crossroads of Europe, 1870-1965" www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... All welcome but registration is required, as capacity is limited for this ONLINE seminar.
A few places remain! Join us for Charity After Empire: British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation and Development 24th March, QMUL, London E1 Book here eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-charity-after-empire-tickets-1981162909594 @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @qmcbs.bsky.social
Call for Papers New Left Histories and Historiographies: Mapping a Renewed Research Field Workshop to assess the current state of research on the New Left. Cfp for an event to be held in November at QMUL. Info here www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
Call for Papers. New Left Histories and Historiographies: Mapping a Renewed Research Field
Call for papers.
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Calling History PhD students and postdocs: join us for ‘How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers’ with Profs Stephen Legg, Elisabeth Leake, Matthew Hilton & Erez Manela 18 March, Birkbeck, in person only www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers
With Prof Stephen Legg, Prof Elisabeth Leake, Prof Matthew Hilton and Prof Erez Manela
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Calling all History PhD students and postdocs: join us for ‘How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers’ with Profs Stephen Legg, Elisabeth Leake, Matthew Hilton & Erez Manela 18 March, Birkbeck, Bloomsbury Info www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @jessicareinisch.bsky.social
How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers
With Prof Stephen Legg, Prof Elisabeth Leake, Prof Matthew Hilton and Prof Erez Manela
bbk.ac.uk
This coming Thursday! Join us for ‘The Silences of Christopher Hill’ with Mike Braddick (University of Oxford) 5th March, 4.30pm, Birkbeck, London Followed by a reception. Book here SilencesChristopherHill.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
'The Silences of Christopher Hill', Mike Braddick (University of Oxford)
Talk about Christopher Hill's work
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Book launch 3. Matthew Hilton’s Charity After Empire, Tues 24 March 6pm, Arts 2, @qmul.bsky.social, with @rshc.bsky.social, @riakapoor.bsky.social, David Williams, Kavita Datta and Bill Schwarz: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Book Launch: Charity After Empire
British Humanitarianism, Decolonisation and Development
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History PhD students and postdocs: join us for ‘How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers’ with Profs Stephen Legg, Elisabeth Leake, Matthew Hilton & Erez Manela 18 March, Birkbeck, Bloomsbury More info here www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @jessicareinisch.bsky.social
How to Publish Your Research: a workshop for Early Career Researchers
With Prof Stephen Legg, Prof Elisabeth Leake, Prof Matthew Hilton and Prof Erez Manela
bbk.ac.uk
Join us soon for ‘The Silences of Christopher Hill’ with Mike Braddick (University of Oxford) 5 March, 4.30, Birkbeck, London Book here SilencesChristopherHill.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
Deploying History for Change: A Public Lecture Davarian Baldwin (Trinity College, Connecticut) 1st April, 5.30pm Queen Mary University of London, E1 4NS Book here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/deploying-history-for-change-a-public-lecture-tickets-1983359946992 @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
Deploying History for Change: A Public Lecture
Co-hosted with the Raphael Samuel History Centre and the QMUL Centre for the Study of Race, Class and Empire
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A.L Morton was once an influential figure on the British Left. Why did the rise of the New Left see his ideas increasingly sidelined in popular leftist memory? Join us, 9 April, Birkbeck MortonBritishCommunism.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social
A. L. Morton, British Communism, and the New Left
Talk by James Crossley (University of Cambridge) followed by a wine reception
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