{"id":199,"date":"2025-03-19T12:15:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T12:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/qmcbs\/?page_id=199"},"modified":"2025-04-29T12:38:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T12:38:06","slug":"british-history-today","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/qmcbs\/british-history-today\/","title":{"rendered":"British History Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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\u2019s political, cultural, and higher education landscape. Booking essential for all attendees.<\/h5>\n

Book here: https:\/\/britishhistorytoday.eventbrite.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture ‘British History from the Middle of Nowhere’ will be given by Professor Julia Laite on 1 May.<\/h3>\n

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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<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Julia Laite is Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London. Her most recent book The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey<\/em><\/a> (2021) won the Golden Dagger for Non-Fiction from the British Crime Writer\u2019s 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<\/em>, will tell the life story of the Beothuk woman Shanawdithit, the dilletante ethnographer William Eppes Cormack, and her own Newfoundland ancestors.<\/p>\n

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.<\/h5>\n

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British History Today – Conference Programme\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n

QMCBS All Conference Abstracts<\/a><\/h4>\n

Original Call For Papers and Conference Rationale<\/a><\/h4>\n

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Link to full map of campus with accessibility information:\u00a0https:\/\/ph.qmul.ac.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/Article\/Mile-End-campus-map.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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For all enquiries email: qmcbs@qmul.ac.uk<\/p>\n

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