The School offers an American History seminar and workshop series, as well as round table events and a reading group. All sessions begin at Thursdays, 5pm, 9.18, 40 George Square and on Zoom unless otherwise indicated)Please contact Dr Fabian Hilfrich (Fabian.Hilfrich@ed.ac.uk) to join the mailing list, and receive all pre-circulated papers.Semester 2, 2025/26DateSpeakerThu 15 JanAndrew Edwards (University of St Andrews [Book presentation])Thu 22 JanOli Charbonneau (University of Glasgow)Thu 5 FebMeg Roberts (University of Edinburgh)Thu 12 FebJay Sarkar (University of Glasgow)Thu 26 FebBruce Shulman (Boston University)Thu 5 MarFennell Lecture: Greg Grandin (Yale University)Thu 12 MarClaire Anderson (University of Edinburgh)Wed 18 MarRichard Bell (University of Maryland [Book presentation, in collaboration with the Centre for Global History)]4-6pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building. Please note that Zoom will not be available.Thu 26 MarTiffany Jasmine González (Kansas University)Thu 2 AprMark Slater (University of Edinburgh)Thu 30 AprColin Nicholson (University of Stirling)Semester 1, 2025/26DateSpeaker18 SepMegan Hunt (University of Edinburgh)2 OctRhodri Jeffreys-Jones (University of Edinburgh)Book presentation: "Allan Pinkerton: America’s Legendary Detective and the Birth of Private Security"Please note that this event will take place in L.08, 40 George Square, Lower Teaching Hub9 OctAthanasios Antonopoulos (Independent historian)15 OctRoundtable: “Writing the History of Abolition in the Age of Revolutions: Reflections on Moral Capital at 20”Panel: Professor Christopher Brown (Columbia), Dr Joseph La Hausse de Lalouvière (HCA), Professor Diana Paton (HCA), and Professor Richard Whatmore (St Andrews)Chaired by Dr Sonia Tycko (HCA)2:10-3:30pm, 40 George Square, LG.09, Edinburgh15 OctThe Annual Lecture in the History of SlaveryProfessor Christopher Brown (Columbia), “The Atlantic Slave Trade and the American Revolution”Chaired by Professor Frank Cogliano (HCA)5:15-6:30pm, MacLaren Stuart Room, Old College (G.159), South Bridge, Edinburgh23 OctSarah Naramore (University of Edinburgh)6 NovFennell Forum: ‘The American Revolution at 250’With Annette Gordon-Reed (Harvard University); Eliga Gould (University of New Hampshire/Oxford University); Patrick Griffin (Notre Dame University); and Meg Roberts (University of Edinburgh)Edinburgh Futures Institute13 NovDarold Cuba (University of Cambridge)20 NovSusan-Mary Grant (Newcastle University)27 NovOscar Winberg (University of Turku, Finland)Book presentation: "Archie Bunker for President: How One Television Show Remade American Politics"11 DecColin Nicholson (University of Stirling) Other seminars within the SchoolThe School of History, Classics and Archaeology offers an exciting programme of seminars across many subjects areas. Visit the research seminars website to find out what else is happening. Research seminars This article was published on 2024-08-01
