Tag Archives: IHR seminars

Henry Bennet, earl of Arlington: a Restoration Politician

Posted on March 19, 2019 by

Our last Parliaments, Politics and People seminar at the IHR was given by Alan Marshall from Bath Spa University, and considered the political role of the important Restoration politician and key member of the CABAL ministry, Henry Bennet, earl of … Continue reading →

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Towards a sonic history of Chartism: Music, sound and politics in mid-nineteenth-century Britain

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

Ahead of tonight’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, we hear from Dr David Kennerley, a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London. He spoke at our previous session on 19 February about his … Continue reading →

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Legislating for the United Kingdom’s four nations in the age of reform, 1830-1852

Posted on February 19, 2019 by

Ahead of tonight’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, we hear from James Smith, a doctoral candidate at the University of York. He spoke at our previous session on 5 February about his research into a four … Continue reading →

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Standing orders and precedents in the Irish House of Commons in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Posted on December 4, 2018 by

Today’s blog from Glenn McKee follows his paper given at our Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar at the IHR last week. Below Glenn summarizes his paper ‘Standing orders and precedents in the Irish House of Commons in the seventeenth and … Continue reading →

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Crucible of revolution: Parliament, Putney, and the politics of settlement in the Autumn of 1647

Posted on November 13, 2018 by

Ahead of tonight’s special edition of our IHR Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar in aid of UK Parliament Week (‘One person, multiple votes: university constituencies and the electoral system, 1868-1950’) we hear from Dr Sean Kelsey of the University of Buckingham who summarises … Continue reading →

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Round-table session: Digital humanities and political history: in memoriam Valerie Cromwell

Posted on October 30, 2018 by

At our first ‘Parliaments, Politics & People’ seminar of the new academic year, Dr Hannes Kleineke, Dr Ruth Ahnert, Professor Arthur Burns, and Professor Jane Winters offered some compelling insights into the evolution of digital humanities, its impact on the … Continue reading →

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Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar Series – Speaking in the Newspaper: Sheridan in April 1798

Posted on February 27, 2018 by

Today’s blog is from Prof. Robert W Jones, who is professor of eighteenth-century studies in the School of English at the University of Leeds. He is also the principal investigator for the Leverhulme-funded project, ‘The Political Work of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’, … Continue reading →

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