British History Today
On 1-2 May 2025, the Queen Mary Centre for British Studies hosts its first conference, British History Today. The event brings together 24 panels of experts covering a range of cutting-edge research across two days of parallel sessions. The conference will close with a plenary on the purpose of British history writing in today’s political, cultural, and higher education landscape. Booking essential for all attendees.
Book here: https://britishhistorytoday.eventbrite.co.uk/
The Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture ‘British History from the Middle of Nowhere’ will be given by Professor Julia Laite on 1 May.
Free Tickets for this lecture must be *booked separately*: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-history-from-the-middle-of-nowhere-professor-julia-laite-tickets
Julia Laite is Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London. Her most recent book The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey (2021) won the Golden Dagger for Non-Fiction from the British Crime Writer’s Association. She has published widely on the history of sexual labour, migration, crime history, family history, and historical methodologies, and she works as a historical consultant in British media. Her new book project, A Woman at the End of the World, will tell the life story of the Beothuk woman Shanawdithit, the dilletante ethnographer William Eppes Cormack, and her own Newfoundland ancestors.
We look forward to welcoming you to Queen Mary’s campus. The conference address is 335 Mile End Rd, Bethnal Green, London E1 4FQ. Please find links to the conference programme and a map of ArtsTwo on our Mile End campus below.
British History Today – Provisional Conference programme
Original Call For Papers and Conference Rationale
Link to full map of campus with accessibility information: https://ph.qmul.ac.uk/sites/default/files/Article/Mile-End-campus-map.pdf
For all enquiries email: qmcbs@qmul.ac.uk