The convenors of the #InternationalHistorySeminar thank Dr Oliver Yule-Smith Harvard University for an exceptionally fascinating paper this evening on '“Locking the Chinese into our system”: British strategy towards the People’s Republic of China 1972-1985'.

Joint #InternationalHistory/Modern French History Seminar, Mon 8 Dec 2025, 17.30GMT. Alexandra Milanova (Institute of Balkan Studies, Bulgaria): Cultural relations between France & Bulgaria during the Long 1970s. To book a place, visit the link below: history.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

I look forward to chairing Stuart Smedley & others on Tues 9 Dec, when they will discuss "British Public Opinion and Party Policy Towards European Integration, 1973–2016".

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We welcome Stuart Smedley to the final #InternationalHistorySeminar of 2025.

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#InternationalHistorySeminar Tues 20 Jan 1800GMT. Kieran Kerr Liverpool John Moores University "Britain, the Treaty of Berlin & the Threatening of the Peace of Europe in the Bosnian Crisis, 1908-09". Online via Zoom. Registration details will be available soon. history.ac.uk/news-events/se…

The link to register for attendance is now available: history.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

The convenors of the #InternationalHistorySeminar thank Kieran Kerr for his most interesting paper, "A Scrap of Paper over the Cracks of Europe: Britain, the Treaty of Berlin, and the Threatening of the Peace of Europe in the Bosnian Crisis, 1908-1909".

The #InternationalHistorySeminar's Hilary Term programme is now available. history.ac.uk/news-events/se…

Next #InternationalHistorySeminar Tue 3 Feb, 6pm GMT @powersayeed KCL Department of Political Economy "Blair the energy realist: the geopolitical motivations of New Labour’s energy policy, 1997-2003". Online & in person. To attend & for other details click the link: history.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

In a similar manner to the failed ‘neighbourhood unit’ idea of the 1940s and 1950s, the 15 minute city won’t work. People’s friendship and kinship networks, retail and leisure activities, require lots of spatial mobility far beyond the locality.

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Delighted to have chaired Richard Power-Sayeed KCL Department of Political Economy King's College London this evening. An excellent paper, reflecting his close archival research & skilful use of oral history. Well done!

Next #InternationalHistorySeminar Tues 17 Feb, 18.00 GMT. Robert Barnes York St John University "#SouthAfrica Disputes before #Apartheid: The #UnitedNations & #Commonwealth Relations, 1946-52". Online via Zoom. To attend, please click the link below: history.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

The convenors of the #InternationalHistorySeminar welcome Robert Barnes this evening & look forward to his paper on "The South Africa Disputes before Apartheid: The United Nations & Commonwealth Relations, 1946-1952", which is a distillation of his recent monograph.

Next #InternationalHistorySeminar Tues 3 Mar 1800 GMT. Dr Christopher Brennan (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften): "Queen in Exile: Zita & the Afterlife of the Habsburgs". Online & in person. Register to attend by clicking the link: history.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

I was delighted to have chaired today Dr Christopher Brennan (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften).