Lecture

British Academy Lecture 2026: Professor Stefano Bartolini

17:00 - 19:00 14 October 2026
Rule Making Rules: The Origins of Western Political Institutions and Why They Matter Today. The University of Manchester is delighted to host Professor Stefano Bartolini, Emeritus…

Mark Ravina (University of Texas at Austin), Interactive Cartography: Saving the World one Map at a Time

12:00 - 13:30 14 October 2026
Mark Ravina (University of Texas at Austin), Interactive Cartography: Saving the World one Map at a Time co-hosted by the History Research Seminar and the Japanese Studies Sam Alex A 201

GDI Lecture: The Political Economy of Rwanda's Rise

16:30 - 18:00 21 October 2026
In this lecture, GDI’s Pritish Behuria will launch his recent Open Access book, The Political Economy of Rwanda’s Rise. Drawing on a decade of research and more than 580 interviews,…

Lane Lecture 2026: The Evolution of Evidence and the Changing Nature of Employment: What this means for the work of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council

16:30 - 18:00 21 October 2026
In collaboration with the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health, the Thomas Ashton Institute is delighted to announce that registration for this years Annual Lane Lecture…

Prof Jeff Wasserstrom (UC Irvine), China in Five Bookshops: A Quintet of Travel Tales

03:00 - 05:00 21 October 2026
China in Five Bookshops: A Quintet of Travel Tales Prof Jeff Wasserstrom (UC Irvine) Wednesday, Oct 21, 4pm Sam Alex A112 This talk will use the speaker’s visits to unusual bookshops…

Sasha Rasmussen (University of Nottingham) 'Desperate Circumstances: Negotiating Abortion as Crime and Healthcare in the Late Russian Empire'

12:00 - 13:30 28 October 2026
Sasha Rasmussen (University of Nottingham) 'Desperate Circumstances: Negotiating Abortion as Crime and Healthcare in the Late Russian Empire' History Research Seminar, hosted by Europe…

'The gender pay gap amongst high educated workers' - Arthur Lewis Lecture

17:00 - 19:30 17 November 2026
Join us for the Annual Arthur Lewis Lecture as our guest speaker Dame Rachel Griffith, Professor of Economics, reflects on the gender pay gap, and why it is still so prevalent in highly…

Daniel Siemens (Newcastle University), 'A story with a happy ending? Writing the biography of the German-Jewish photographer Fred Stein (1909-1967) today'

15:00 - 17:00 18 November 2026
Daniel Siemens (Newcastle University), 'A story with a happy ending? Writing the biography of the German-Jewish photographer Fred Stein (1909-1967) today' History Research Seminar, hosted by Modern British Studies

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