Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History seminars
The Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History hosts seminars throughout the academic year, which are open to all.
The Centre's theme for 2020-21 is 'Crisis'. Our seminars are open to all staff and students at the University of Edinburgh, as well as members of the public - registration is via Eventbrite - and everyone is warmly welcome.
Time and location
Seminars are usually held on Tuesdays from 5pm to 7pm online via Zoom unless stated otherwise All papers are followed by a 10-15 minute comment. See below for further details.
Event schedule
Semester 2, 2020-21
Date | Speaker | Title |
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Tuesday 19 Jan | Panel event |
'History in crisis: Monuments': A panel event featuring Dr Hilary Green (University of Alabama), Professor Hakim Adi (University of Chichester), Professor Patricia Rubertone (Brown University), Professor Anindita Ghosh (University of Manchester), and moderated by Professor Diana Paton (University of Edinburgh) Register on Eventbrite, https://edin.ac/2LAt7v7 |
Tuesday 2 Feb | Donald Bloxham (University of Edinburgh) |
'Towards a global history of political violence since 1945' With comments from Professor Alex de Waal (Tufts University) and Dr Julie Gibbings (University of Edinburgh) |
Tuesday 10 Feb | Book launch |
Dr Emile Chabal (University of Edinburgh), 'France' (Polity Press, 2020). A book launch co-hosted with New York University With comments from Derrick Chapman (New York University), Evan Spritzer (City University of New York/New York University), and Minayo Nasiali (University of California, Los Angeles) |
Tuesday 23 Feb | Kalathmika Natarajan (University of Edinburgh) |
'Unskilled and unsanitary: Diplomacy and the public health crisis of Indian immigration to Britain' With comments from Yasmin Khan (University of Oxford) and TBC |
Tuesday 9 Mar | Anne Eller (Yale University) |
'The French Revolution and the Laplaine Riot: Petitioning and direct action in Dominica' With comments from Christienna Fryar (Goldsmiths, University London) and Professor Diana Paton (University of Edinburgh) |
Tues 23 Mar | Panel event |
'Crisis and the Left'. A panel event featuring Sarah Jaffee (American freelance journalist), Dr Alejandro Velasco (New York University), Dr Rima Majed (American University Beirut), and Rory Scothorne (University of Edinburgh), moderated by Dr Jamie Allinson (University of Edinburgh). |
Semester 1, 2020-21
Date | Speaker(s) | Title |
Tuesday 29 Sept | Various | 'The Concept of Crisis' - a panel evenet featuring Janet Roitman (New School), Jeremy Adelman (Princeton), David Sepkoski (University of Illinois), Keren Weitzberg (University College London), AbdouMaliq Simone (University of Sheffield)
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Tuesday 13 Oct | Simon Balto (University of Iowa) |
'Racial framing: Blackface criminals in Jim Crow America' |
Tuesday 27 Oct |
Jeremy Dell (University of Edinburgh)
In dialogue with Dr Abdourahmane Seck (University Gaston Berger, Senegal) and Professor Paul Nugent (Edinburgh). |
“The Banished Sufi: Succession Crises and the Religious Dimensions of Deportation in Colonial Senegal.” |
Tuesday 10 Nov |
Panel event |
'Pandemics, Past and Present' - Adia Benton (Northwestern University), Mark Honigsbaum (University of London), Richard McKay (University of Oxford), Christos Lynteris (University of St Andrews) and Dora Vargha (University of Exter) Register at pandemicspastandpresent.eventbrite.co.uk A panel event co-hosted by the Edinburgh Centre for Global History Centre and History of Medicine, Science, and Technology seminar |
Tuesday 24 Nov |
Elizabeth Banks (University of Edinburgh) |
Cold War cod: Towards an international history of Soviet fishing |
Tuesday 8 Dec |
Tom Cunningham (University of Edinburgh) |
'Discontent in the Body Politic: Colonialism, corporeality, and the 'circumcision crisis' - Kenya, 1929' Register: Eventbrite |
Tuesday 15 Dec |
Panel event: 'Fish in crisis?: Economics, environments and the multiple crises of fishing' |
Jennfier Lee Johnson (Purdue), Troy Vettese (Harvard), Ruth Brennan (Trinity College Dublin), Arianne Sedef Urus (Harvard), Moderator: Betty Banks (Edinburgh) This panel will be a discussion of political, economic and environmental crises based in humans’ pursuit of seafood. Fishing is never just about fish but raises questions of labour, politics, sovereignty, environments, food, economics, and community life in the past and present that will drive our multi-perspective and interdisciplinary conversation. Together we will ask fishing in crisis? Are fish in crisis - and why? Is this crisis really new? Who–or what–exactly experiences crisis, who is benefitting, and what is to be done? You can view a recording of this event at https://edin.ac/383AzGU |
Semester 2, 2020/21
Date | Speaker(s) | Topic |
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Tuesday 19 Jan |
Hilary Green (Alabama) Hakim Adi (Chichester) Patricia Ruberstone (Brown University) Anindita Ghosh (Manchester) Moderator: Diana Paton (Edinburgh) |
Panel on History in Crisis: Monuments and Memory (co-sponsored with the American History seminar) |
Tuesday 26 Jan |
Emile Chabal (Edinburgh) | Book Launch |
Tuesday 2 Feb
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Donald Bloxham (Edinburgh) in conversation with Alex de Waal (Tufts) and Julie Gibbings (Edinburgh) | 'Towards a Global History of Political Violence since 1945' |
Tuesday 23 Feb |
Kalathmika Natarajan (Edinburgh) in conversation with Yasmin Khan (Oxford) and Crispin Bates (Edinburgh) | 'Unskilled' and 'Unsanitary': Diplomacy and the Public Health Crisis of Indian Immigration to Britain' |
Tuesday 9 Mar |
Anne Eller (Yale) in conversation with Christienna Fryar (Goldsmiths, University of London) and Diana Paton (Edinburgh) |
'The French Revolution and the Laplaine Riot: Petitioning and Direct Action in Dominica' |
Tuesday 23 Mar |
Sarah Jaffee (Journalist, United States), Alejandro Velasco (New York University), Rima Majed (American University Beirut), Rory Scothorne (Edinburgh) Moderator: Jamie Allinson (Edinburgh) |
Panel on Crisis and the Left: Global Perspectives |
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