The theme of the eleventh annual alumni lecture will be 'The Nation: Past, Present and Future'. This event will feature keynote contributions from Dr Joan Redmond, Professor David McLean and Dr David Todd.
The theme of the tenth annual alumni lecture was 'Gendering History, Historicising Gender’. The event featured lectures from Professor Laura Gowing, Dr Alana Harris and Dr Chris Dillon.
The theme of the ninth annual alumni lecture was 'Bad Kingship?: Royal Reputations in Medieval Britain and Europe'. Professor Jinty Nelson introduced the event, which also featured lectures from Dr Serena Ferente and Professor David Carpenter.
The theme of the eighth annual alumni lecture was 'What is global or world history? And what should its relationship be to the forms of national, regional, and continental history around which the discipline was once organised? Professor Richard Drayton introduced the event, which featured lectures from Dr Bronwen Everill, Dr Reza Zia-Ebrahimi, Dr Jennifer Altehenger and Professor Francisco Bethencourt.
The theme of the seventh annual alumni lecture was 'Changing Masculinities in Twentieth Century Britain' and featured lectures by Professor David Edgerton (‘The Aviator, the Press Baron and the Dancer: Politics, Masculinity and the Birth of the Royal Air Force’) and Dr Lucy Delap (‘Unbecoming Men: The "New Man" of the Late Twentieth Century’).
Professor Dame Janet Nelson gave a lecture entitled The Story of History at King’s College London. The event, which was attended by over 50 alumni, was introduced by the Head of Department Dr Adam Sutcliffe, who gave a round-up of the department's news.
Dr Paul Readman (Head of Department) introduced the event, which featured a roundtable discussion on the history or medicine with Professor Ludmilla Jordanova, Dr Anna Maeker, Dr Dionysios Stathakopoulos, Dr Katherine Foxhall and Dr Keren Hammerschlag.
Dr Paul Readman (Head of Department) introduced the event, which featured lectures from Dr Serena Ferente and Dr Niall O’Flaherty.
Dr Paul Readman (Head of Department) introduced the event, which featured lectures by Dr Alice Rio and Professor Richard Vinen.
Dr Paul Readman (Head of Department) introduced the event, which featured lectures by Dr John Price and Emeritus Professor Dame Janet Nelson.
15 October 2020 King's researcher awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship for ground-breaking new insights into the history of medicine and race Dr Hannah Murphy has been named one of UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellows for her study into pre-modern…
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15 July 2020 The Healthy Scepticism project runs artist-led mini projects: 'Evidence and expertise in the time of Covid-19' The Wellcome-funded Healthy Scepticism project, operated out of the Department of History, is…
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