History Research Seminars

Seminars usually take place on Mondays, and everyone is welcome. Please see below for details of venues and timings.

Event schedule

Semester 1 2024/25

Wed 2 OctBook Launch “Race, Taste and the Grape: Forces that Shaped the South African Wine Industry”Paul Nugent in discussion with Wayne Dooling (SOAS). 3.30-5pm (followed by reception)Meadows Lecture Theatre, Doorway 4, Old Medical School. Joint with Centre of African Studies. Please register (free) here
Mon 28 Oct“Eric Hobsbawm discovers Latin America, 1960-1975”Emile Chabal on an aspect of his current project, in discussion with Timo Schaefer4.15-6pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building, George Square
Mon 18 NovA roundtable discussion and launch of the book “Crusading against Christians in the Middle Ages”With the editors and contributors to the volume: Mike Carr (Edinburgh), Nikolaos G. Chrissis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Gianluca Raccagni (Edinburgh) and Kirsty Day (Edinburgh)4.15-6pm, Seminar Room 1, Chrystal Macmillan Building, George Square (followed by reception in Macmillan Room). Joint with Medieval History Seminar 
Mon 2 DecBook Launch “Southern by the Grace of God: Religion, Race and Civil Rights in Hollywood’s American South”Dr Megan Hunt in discussion with Professor Brian Ward (Northumbria), Fabian Hilfrich (Edinburgh), Robert Mason (Edinburgh)4-6pm, Teviot Lecture Theatre, Doorway 5, Old Medical School

Professor Paul Nugent

Professor of Comparative African History

  • School of History, Classics and Archaeology
  • Centre of African Studies

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Chrystal Macmillan Building, 15A George Square
Edinburgh
EH8 9LD

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