Edinburgh University History Society seminars

The Edinburgh University History Society seminars showcase the work of students as well as providing information and guidance on working with the academic field.

Time and location

Please check the information below for timings, venues and registering for seminars.

Event schedule - in conjunction with Retrospect Journal

Semester 2, 2022/23

Date	Theme	Topic	Venue & time	Register
Tue 31 Jan	History of Celebration	The basics of attending academic conferences, including writing a journal paper and preparing a presentation 'How does history serve as a celebration of national consciousness and identity?' 'Vows, obligation, and transaction: Applying Gift Theory to late Medieval Christian pilgrimage c.1300-1500' 'Jewish and Roman perspectives on the Roman victory in the first Jewish War' 'The first Pride was a Protest: Commemorative practices after Stonewall - from the GLF to World Pride'	1 George Square, G.8 Gaddum LT 4-6pm	Register
Mon 13 Feb	Frontiers of History	What does it mean to write history in the centre? What does it mean to write history from below? How does the centre relate to the peripheries? What is the role of historians in the centre-periphery binary? What constitutes the historical ‘otherness’? What are the differences between micro and macrohistory? We encourage you to rethink history in terms of global, national, and local approaches. Theoretically speaking, what do they change?	Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 5 4:15pm	Register

Date

Theme

Topic

Venue & time

Tue 31 Jan

History of Celebration

The basics of attending academic conferences, including writing a journal paper and preparing a presentation
'How does history serve as a celebration of national consciousness and identity?'
'Vows, obligation, and transaction: Applying Gift Theory to late Medieval Christian pilgrimage c.1300-1500'
'Jewish and Roman perspectives on the Roman victory in the first Jewish War'
'The first Pride was a Protest: Commemorative practices after Stonewall - from the GLF to World Pride'

1 George Square, G.8 Gaddum LT

4-6pm

Mon 13 Feb

Frontiers of History

What does it mean to write history in the centre? What does it mean to write history from below? How does the centre relate to the peripheries? What is the role of historians in the centre-periphery binary? What constitutes the historical ‘otherness’? What are the differences between micro and macrohistory? We encourage you to rethink history in terms of global, national, and local approaches. Theoretically speaking, what do they change?

Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 5

4:15pm

Further information

The Edinburgh University History Society is for students who love history, regardless of their degree, serving as both a social and academic space.

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This article was published on 2 Oct, 2023