King’s College London and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of History, Graduate Workshop
Transatlantic Historical Approaches
22-23 May 2012
Workshop 1: 10.00- 16.30, Tuesday 22 May
Department of History (KCL) Room S8.08
10.30 – 12.00 Oliver Blaiklock (KCL) and Liz Lundeen (UNC):
‘Striving for Social Change from Within: the Citizens Advice Bureaux in Postwar Britain and African American College Presidents in the Civil Rights Movement’
Commentator: Professor Pat Thane: (KCL)
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
13.00 - 14.30 Wei Jiang (KCL) and Benjamin Reed (UNC):
‘The Beginnings and Ends of the Spanish Empire: Imperialism, Catholicism and Jurisdiction’
Commentator: Professor Linda Newson (KCL)
14.30 - 15.00 Break
15.00 – 16.30 Amy Kavanagh (KCL) and Gregory Mole (UNC):
‘Working with Empire: British and French approaches to Imperial Careering 1700-1865’
Commentator: Dr David Todd (KCL)
Tuesday 22 May 2011
Conference dinner: 19.00, Tuesday 22 May
For workshop participants, commentators and keynote speaker. Venue to be confirmed
Wednesday 23 May 2011
Workshop 2: 10.00- 12:30, Wednesday 23 May
UNC Winston House, 3 Bedford Square
10.00 – 12.30 Informal writing workshop at Winston House
14.00 – 16.00 Visit to the British Library India Office records
Keynote lecture: 17.30
Department of History (KCL) Room S8.08
17.30 Keynote lecture:
Professor Arthur Burns
Professor of Modern British History, Kings College London
‘Costs and opportunities for the archival historian in the digital age’
Followed by a reception in the 8th floor open area
Informal dinner for workshop participants