Fennell Lectures and Fennell Forums
The Fennell Lectures and Forums are free and open to all.
The Fennell Lecture has been made possible due to the generosity of a member of the History alumnus, Simon Fennell. Recordings of some of the events below are available to view by clicking on the links within the event information.
Following the lessons of a ghostly ancestor, named Naim Cotran, this talk begins in Sudan in 1916 and ends in Lebanon in 1951.
Dec 01 2023
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Fennell Forum: 'Energy and history'
The Fennell Forum will discuss the history of energy transitions across economies, society, and culture and how we might read these histories in our own era of a changing climate. This event will be hybrid.
Dec 01 2022
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Fennell Forum - War and history: A conversation
The School of History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh is proud to host the third event in the Fennell Forum series, generously supported by alumnus Simon Fennell.
May 12 2022
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Fennell Lecture 2022 - Professor Marlene Daut
The 2022 Fennell Lecture will be delivered by Professor Marlene Daut on ‘The Kingdom of Haiti and the Age of Revolutions'.
Nov 09 2021
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The Fennell Forum: History and the Climate Crisis
The second event in the Fennell Forum series took place during COP26 and explored the relationship between the study of history and climate change.
May 13 2021
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Fennell Lecture 2021 - Professor Annette Gordon-Reed
The 2021 Fennell Lecture was delivered by Professor Annette Gordon-Reed, entitled 'On Juneteenth: “This, Then, is Texas”'.
The virtual forum brought together some of the leading historians in the field of American history for a discussion of the recent US presidential election and its consequences.
Mar 05 2020
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Postponed - The Fennell Lecture 2020
Professor Monica H Green will deliver the 2020 Fennell Lecture on 5 March, 2020.
Mar 21 2019
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Fennell Lecture 2019 - Professor Joanne Freeman
The 2019 Fennell Lecture will be given by Professor Joanne Freeman entitled, 'The field of blood: Violence in the US Congress and the road to Civil War' on 21 March, 2019.
Feb 01 2018
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The Fennell Lecture 2018 - Dr Sujit Sivasundaram
Dr Sujit Sivasundaram, Reader in World History, Fellow, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, will deliver the 2018 Fennell Lecture. (Published 10 January 2018)
Mar 24 2016
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The Fennell Lecture 2016 - Professor Andrew Preston
The 2016 Fennell Lecture will be delivered by Professor Andrew Preston, University of Cambridge, on Thursday 24 March 2016.