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table of contents
Contents
- List of figures
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Notes and list of abbreviations
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- David Manning
- Notes
- References
- Published sources
- 1. A history of the history seminar: the ‘active life’ of historiography at the Institute of Historical Research
- David Manning
- Modernist historiography and Christian heritage
- Gendered and international learning
- Research, politics and conviviality
- Accountability and accessibility
- Afterword
- Notes
- References
- Archived sources
- Published sources
- Unpublished sources
- 2. The Italy 1200–1700 Seminar
- Trevor Dean and Kate Lowe
- Membership and content
- Reminiscences
- Notes
- References
- Archived sources
- Published sources
- Unpublished sources
- 3. The Economic and Social History of the Early Modern World Seminar
- David Ormrod
- The revived Seminar
- New directions
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Archived sources
- Published sources
- Unpublished sources
- 4. The British History in the Seventeenth Century Seminar
- Jason Peacey
- Convenors
- Audiences
- Speakers
- Conclusions and prospects
- Notes
- References
- Archived sources
- Published sources
- Unpublished sources
- 5. The British History in the Long Eighteenth Century Seminar
- Penelope J. Corfield
- Updating the format
- Expanding the thematic remit
- Summary reflections
- Notes
- References
- Published sources
- Unpublished sources
- 6. The Low Countries History Seminar
- Ulrich Tiedau
- Beginnings under Pieter Geyl
- Continuation under Gustaaf Renier
- Transition under Ragnhild Hatton
- Renewal under Ernst Kossmann
- The Seminar under Koen Swart
- The Seminar under Jonathan Israel, and after
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Archived sources
- Published sources
- 7. The Modern French History Seminar
- Pamela Pilbeam with David Manning
- Alfred Cobban’s Seminar
- Transitions
- Anglo-French collaborations
- Renewal
- Notes
- References
- Archived sources
- Published sources
- Unpublished sources
- 8. The Imperial and World History Seminar
- Sarah Stockwell
- Origins
- New directions
- Collaboration and reinvention
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Manuscript and archival sources
- Printed and online sources
- Unpublished sources
- 9. The Postgraduate Seminar in Theory and Method (1986–2008)
- Rohan McWilliam
- The origins of the Seminar
- The early spirit of the Seminar
- Renewing the Seminar
- Looking back
- Notes
- References
- Archived sources
- Published sources
- Unpublished sources
- 10. The Women’s History Seminar
- Kelly Boyd
- Background and founding
- Establishing the Seminar
- Debates and trends
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Archived sources
- Published sources
- Unpublished sources
- 11. The IHR’s seminar culture: past, present and future – a round-table discussion
- David Bates, Alice Prochaska, Tim Hitchcock, Kate Wilcox, Ellen Smith and Rachel Bynoth, and Claire Langhamer
- What is your experience of the IHR’s seminars?
- David Bates
- Alice Prochaska
- Tim Hitchcock
- Kate Wilcox
- Ellen Smith and Rachel Bynoth
- Claire Langhamer
- How does the life of the IHR’s seminars inform what historians do?
- David Bates
- Alice Prochaska
- Tim Hitchcock
- Kate Wilcox
- Ellen Smith and Rachel Bynoth
- Claire Langhamer
- How does the life of the IHR’s seminars shape scholarly communities?
- David Bates
- Alice Prochaska
- Tim Hitchcock
- Kate Wilcox
- Ellen Smith and Rachel Bynoth
- Claire Langhamer
- How does the life of the IHR’s seminars engage with and participate in broader society?
- David Bates
- Alice Prochaska
- Tim Hitchcock
- Kate Wilcox
- Ellen Smith and Rachel Bynoth
- Claire Langhamer
- Why do the IHR’s seminars matter?
- David Bates
- Alice Prochaska
- Tim Hitchcock
- Kate Wilcox
- Ellen Smith and Rachel Bynoth
- Claire Langhamer
- Afterword
- Natalie Thomlinson
- Index