News and events
Each year we host a series of free seminars and lectures which is open to graduates, students, staff and members of the public. Find out about our 2020-21 series on this page.
Due to Covid-19 all events take place online until further notice. For more information about events, contact Dr Prashant Kidambi.
2020/21 Events
Defecting in Dogopolis: Campaigns against Dog Mess in Interwar London, New York and Paris
Speaker: Chris Pearson (University of Liverpool)Date: 29 January 2021
Venue: Online event
Closing Commerce, Crafting Citizens: The Shanghai Market Strike of 1919
Speaker: Mark Frazier, (New School for Social Research & India China Institute, New York)Date: 12 February 2021
Venue: Online event
Accounting the city in 18th century: The Naples of Thomas Jones
Speaker: Melissa Calaresu (University of Cambridge)Date: 26 February 2021
Venue: Online event
Bombay Brokers: urban ethnography in the global interregnum
Speaker: Lisa Bjorkmann (Max Planck Centre for Social Anthropology, Halle & Department of Urban Affairs, University of Louisville)
Date: 12 March 2021
Venue: Online event
The Driverless Car in 1960s Britain
Speaker: Georgina Lockton (University of Leicester)
Date: 26 March 2021
Venue: Online event