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28 Oct 2021

Why history? Bees in the medieval world

Bee populations in the UK are in decline but the medieval world was teeming with bees. Join Dr Alexandra Sapoznik to explore the cultural, religious and economic significance of beekeeping in the medieval period.

3 Nov 2021

BIEA Annual Lecture: Dispossession is nine tenths of the law

Taking its title from Sachs J in Port Elizabeth Municipality, a 2004 Constitutional Court case on post-apartheid property rights, this lecture revisits Yash Ghai and Patrick McAuslan’s 1970 text Public Law and Political Change in Kenya.

5 Nov 2021

Hokusai's late works: the block-ready drawings

Take a closer look at the British Museum’s collection of rare drawings by Katsushika Hokusai with Tim Clark FBA, Honorary Research Fellow of the British Museum, and a team of experts.

13 Nov 2021

Planting poems: Seamus Heaney’s eco-poetry

In this event, discover Seamus Heaney’s climate change poetry and activism, hear the works of other contemporary poets and reflect on how you experience our changing environment before writing your own poem on wildflower seed paper inspired by what you’ve heard.

15 Nov 2021

Working well with artificial intelligence: people and place

This event is on AI and the future of work, seeking to address critical questions for policy, business, practitioners and society in the UK.

17 Nov 2021

Computer cupid: looking for love in pre-internet Britain

Before the advent of Tinder there was Dateline, the first computer dating service. In this event discover what dating looked like 1970s-style and have a go at creating the perfect Dateline ad to see if you too can find love.

25 Nov 2021

Thinkers for our time: W.E.B. Du Bois

W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) stands as one of the most important and influential civil rights activists and intellectuals of the 20th century. Join our expert panel, Professor Hakim Adi, Professor Paul Goodwin and Professor Sharon Monteith, as they reflect on his extraordinary life and legacy.

2 - 3 Dec 2021 - Rome

Reassessing Rome after empire: an urban history approach

This conference, organised in partnership with the British School at Rome, will bring together the latest historical and archaeological research on the city of Rome from c. 400 to c. 1050, by emerging and established scholars. It will create an interdisciplinary and international dialogue to move beyond artificial divisions between …

7 Dec 2021

Leaders in SHAPE: Roy Foster

Marking 100 years since the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, historian Roy Foster talks to Richard English about his life, career and the making of modern Ireland.

8 Mar 2022 - 9 Mar 2022

Building peace through culture: art, memory, landscape, time

This conference will explore emerging avenues of reconciliation and campaigns for transitional justice by focusing on the relationship between art, memory, landscape and time.

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