Metropolitan History seminar
58 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMetropolitan History seminar at the Institute of Historical Research
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Shopping for pets in nineteenth and twentieth-century London
March 13, 2019 17:30 - 52 minutes - 120 MBShopping for pets in nineteenth and twentieth-century London Jane Hamlett , Royal Holloway, Rebecca Preston , Royal Holloway
Ghostly geographies: in search of medieval Swansea today
February 13, 2019 17:30 - 44 minutes - 103 MBGhostly geographies: in search of medieval Swansea today Catherine Clarke (IHR)
The city under the railway arches: Infrastructures of social value in Victorian London - Peter Jones, IHR
January 30, 2019 17:30 - 49 minutes - 113 MBThe city under the railway arches: Infrastructures of social value in Victorian London Peter Jones, IHR
E.M. Forster and Edwardian London
October 10, 2018 16:30 - 28 minutes - 65.6 MBRoland Quinault, IHR
Out of Place: Vagrancy and Settlement - 1
December 07, 2017 09:30 - 4 hours - 456 MBThis conference, organised by the Centre for Metropolitan History, aims to explore the shifting experiences, representations and status of vagrancy in relation to the history of British settlement. How can exploring the images and realities of vagrancy...
Out of Place: Vagrancy and Settlement - 2
December 06, 2017 00:00 - 4 hours - 507 MBThis conference, organised by the Centre for Metropolitan History, aims to explore the shifting experiences, representations and status of vagrancy in relation to the history of British settlement. How can exploring the images and realities of vagrancy...
Making sense of the problem of dereliction in 1980s Dublin
March 14, 2017 23:00 - 57 minutes - 107 MBInstitute of Historical Research Making sense of the problem of dereliction in 1980s Dublin Erika Hanna (University of Bristol) Metropolitan History seminar series
Young people and the rhythms of the city: towards a transurban history of modern walks (1850-1914)
February 28, 2017 23:00 - 54 minutes - 100 MBInstitute of Historical Research Young people and the rhythms of the city: towards a transurban history of modern walks (1850-1914) Simon Sleight (King's College London) Metropolitan History seminar series
The ancient city of Rome as a site of diplomacy
February 15, 2017 00:00 - 49 minutes - 91.7 MBInstitute of Historical Research The ancient city of Rome as a site of diplomacy Hannah Cornwell (Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study) Metropolitan History seminar series
Richmond, Surrey: 1850-1900. A suburb of London?
February 01, 2017 00:00 - 45 minutes - 83.3 MBInstitute of Historical Research Richmond, Surrey: 1850-1900. A suburb of London? Mike Brownlee (IHR) Metropolitan History seminar series
Department stores and the discourse of modernity in early 20th-century Berlin fiction
October 12, 2016 00:00 - 55 minutes - 101 MBInstitute of Historical Research Department stores and the discourse of modernity in early 20th-century Berlin fiction Godela Weiss-Sussex (Institute of Modern Languages Research, School of Advanced Study) Metropolitan History seminar series
Only a local affair'? Local identities and communities in London's Boer War Carnivals of 1900
February 17, 2016 00:00 - 42 minutes - 77.9 MBInstitute of Historical Only a local affair'? Local identities and communities in London's Boer War Carnivals of 1900 Dion Giorgiou (Queen Mary University of London) Metropolitan History seminar series
The City as Phoenix: ruination and recovery in 20th-century Tokyo
February 03, 2016 00:00 - 44 minutes - 82.5 MBInstitute of Historical Research The City as Phoenix: ruination and recovery in 20th-century Tokyo Mark Pendleton (Sheffield) Metropolitan History seminar series
Richard Smyth of London, 1590-1675: a quiet life in a turbulent century?
January 20, 2016 00:00 - 58 minutes - 107 MBInstitute of Historical Research Richard Smyth of London, 1590-1675: a quiet life in a turbulent century? Professor Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck) Metropolitan History seminar series
The practice of property: The Draper's Company estate, c. 1540 - 1640
December 09, 2015 00:00 - 1 hour - 118 MBInstitute of Historical Research The practice of property: The Draper's Company estate, c. 1540 - 1640 Sarah Ann Milne (University of Westminster) Metropolitan History seminar series
Make Public
March 03, 2015 23:00 - 1 hour - 122 MBInstitute of Historical Research Make Public David Roberts (Bartlett) Metropolitan History seminar series
Selling Paris: The Commerce in Real Estate in the Fin-de-siecle
February 18, 2015 00:00 - 42 minutes - 80 MBInstitute of Historical Research Selling Paris: The Commerce in Real Estate in the Fin-de-siecle Alexia Yates (Cambridge) Metropolitan History seminar series
West End girls and East End boys: the Survey of London's current research
December 10, 2014 00:00 - 53 minutes - 98 MBInstitute of Historical Research West End girls and East End boys: the Survey of London's current research Colin Thom (Survey of London, UCL) Metropolitan History seminar series
Idealising the Early Modern City: Festival Design in Theory and Practise in Late Seventeenth-Century London and Paris
November 26, 2014 00:00 - 46 minutes - 86.1 MBInstitute of Historical Research Idealising the Early Modern City: Festival Design in Theory and Practise in Late Seventeenth-Century London and Paris Elaine Tierney (V&A) Metropolitan History seminar series
Arnold Fitz Thedmar: an early London chronicler
October 01, 2014 00:00 - 42 minutes - 79.7 MBInstitute of Historical Research Arnold Fitz Thedmar: an early London chronicler Ian Stone (KCL) Metropolitan History seminar series
Selling on the streets: food and urban space in eighteenth-century Naples
January 06, 2014 15:19 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBMelissa Calaresu (Cambridge) Metropolitan History seminar Institute of Historical Research 6 November 2013
Localism in turn-of-the-century London? The development of the Minet Estate in Lambeth c.1870-1910
November 20, 2013 00:00 - 1 hour - 112 MB20-11-13 Institute of Historical Research Localism in turn-of-the-century London? The development of the Minet Estate in Lambeth c.1870-1910 David Kroll (CMH/IHR) Metropolitan History seminar
Segregating the city: class, the railways, and Greater London 1880-1920
November 19, 2013 16:35 - 47 minutes - 43 MBSimon Abernethy (Cambridge) 23 October 2013 Metropolitan History seminar Institute of Historical Research
Providing for Londoners: interventions by the authorities at times of crisis in the early seventeenth century
November 04, 2013 12:25 - 49 minutes - 16.8 MBDavid Carmichael (CMH/IHR) 9 October 2013 Metropolitan History seminar Institute of Historical Research
"Riding on Top of the Car": The cinematic tram and urban transformation
March 12, 2013 23:00 - 40 minutes - 11.6 MBInstitute of Historical Research "Riding on Top of the Car": The cinematic tram and urban transformation Karolina Kendall-Bush (University College London) Metropolitan History seminar series
Auctions, maps, leases and "narrations" of property: representing commodified space in Delhi, 1911-47
February 27, 2013 00:00 - 50 minutes - 14.4 MBInstitute of Historical Research Auctions, maps, leases and "narrations" of property: representing commodified space in Delhi, 1911-47 Anish Vanaik (Oxford) Metropolitan History seminar series
Whose Home? Jewish migration and local reaction in the East End of London 1870-1914
February 13, 2013 00:00 - 29 minutes - 8.64 MBInstitute of Historical Research Whose Home? Jewish migration and local reaction in the East End of London 1870-1914 Oliver Betts (York) Metropolitan History seminar series
The stormy latitude of the law: Chancery Lane and spatial politics in late eighteenth-century London
January 30, 2013 00:00 - 54 minutes - 15.6 MBInstitute of Historical Research The stormy latitude of the law: Chancery Lane and spatial politics in late eighteenth-century London Francis Boorman (IHR) Metropolitan History seminar series
The rise and fall of John Sperni, Mayor of St Pancras 1937-1938
January 16, 2013 00:00 - 48 minutes - 14.1 MBInstitute of Historical Research The rise and fall of John Sperni, Mayor of St Pancras 1937-1938 Robin Woolven Metropolitan History seminar series
Westminster as the seat of national government: the long view
November 21, 2012 00:00 - 39 minutes - 11.3 MBInstitute of Historical Research Westminster as the seat of national government: the long view Roland Quinault (IHR) Metropolitan History seminar series
Sanctifying the street: urban space, material religion and the G.F. Watts mosaic 'Time, Death and Judgement' in London, c.1880-1970
November 07, 2012 00:00 - 43 minutes - 15.1 MBInstitute of Historical Research Sanctifying the street: urban space, material religion and the G.F. Watts mosaic 'Time, Death and Judgement' in London, c.1880-1970 Lucie Matthews-Jones (Liverpool John Moores) Metropolitan History seminar ser...
Latin America, modern architecture and the poor
October 24, 2012 00:00 - 44 minutes - 13 MBInstitute of Historical Research Latin America, modern architecture and the poor Felipe Hernandez (Cambridge) Metropolitan History seminar series
A history of urban space: changing concepts of space in the study of the early modern metropolis
October 10, 2012 00:00 - 53 minutes - 15.3 MBInstitute of Historical Research A history of urban space: changing concepts of space in the study of the early modern metropolis Stuart Minson (Oxford) Metropolitan History seminar series
A neighbourhood of this sort. How Southwark shaped ideas of child and school: Orange Street Elementary, 1870-1914
March 13, 2012 23:00 - 39 minutes - 13.7 MBInstitute of Historical Research A neighbourhood of this sort. How Southwark shaped ideas of child and school: Orange Street Elementary, 1870-1914 Imogen Lee (Goldsmiths) Metropolitan History seminar series
The prevention of crime in late eighteenth-century Bristol: policing, the public, and the city
February 28, 2012 23:00 - 47 minutes - 16.4 MBInstitute of Historical Research The prevention of crime in late eighteenth-century Bristol: policing, the public, and the city Matthew Neale (IHR) Metropolitan History seminar series
Flaring Lights and Urgent Cries: London street markets c.1850-1939
February 01, 2012 00:00 - 51 minutes - 14.9 MBInstitute of Historical Research Flaring Lights and Urgent Cries: London street markets c. 1850-1939 Victoria Kelley (University for the Creative Arts) Metropolitan History seminar series
Running the River Thames: oral history and the environmental governance of the Thames, 1960-2010
January 18, 2012 00:00 - 35 minutes - 10.2 MBInstitute of Historical Research Running the River Thames: oral history and the environmental governance of the Thames, 1960-2010 Vanessa Taylor (Greenwich) Metropolitan History seminar series
Applying new spatial techniques in the study of late medieval London
December 07, 2011 00:00 - 51 minutes - 14.8 MBInstitute of Historical Research Applying new spatial techniques in the study of late medieval London Justin Colson (CMH) Metropolitan History seminar series
Urbanizing China in war and peace, Wuxi 1911-1945
November 23, 2011 00:00 - 43 minutes - 12.4 MBInstitute of Historical Research Urbanizing China in war and peace, Wuxi 1911-1945 Toby Lincoln (Centre for Urban History, Leicester) Metropolitan History seminar series
Cultures of giving and charity: the Clothworkers Company in early modern London
November 09, 2011 00:00 - 40 minutes - 11.7 MBInstitute of Historical Research Cultures of giving and charity: the Clothworkers Company in early modern London Annaleigh Margey (Maynooth) Metropolitan History seminar series
Worse than Cimmerian Darkness: fog and the representation of Victorian London
October 26, 2011 00:00 - 45 minutes - 13.2 MBInstitute of Historical Research Worse than Cimmerian Darkness: fog and the representation of Victorian London Joseph de Sapio (Oxford) What do tourists say about London in the nineteenth century? Representations of the London fog are common...
The Survey of London: methods and sources for recording the development of London's fabric - Peter Guillery
October 12, 2011 00:00 - 20 minutes - 5.96 MBInstitute of Historical Research The Survey of London: methods and sources for recording the development of London's fabric Peter Guillery (Survey of London, English Heritage) Peter Guillery starts by telling his listeners what the survey of ...
The Survey of London: methods and sources for recording the development of London's fabric - Philip Temple
October 12, 2011 00:00 - 20 minutes - 6.08 MBInstitute of Historical Research The Survey of London: methods and sources for recording the development of London's fabric Philip Temple (Survey of London, English Heritage) Peter Guillery starts by telling his listeners what the survey of L...
The Survey of London: methods and sources for recording the development of London's fabric - Discussion
October 12, 2011 00:00 - 39 minutes - 11.4 MBInstitute of Historical Research The Survey of London: methods and sources for recording the development of London's fabric Discussion Peter Guillery starts by telling his listeners what the survey of London is about. Founded in 1894 to focus o...
City Rivalries and the making of Modern London, 1720-1770 Discussion
March 15, 2011 23:00 - 43 minutes - 9.94 MBInstitute of Historical Research City Rivalries and the making of Modern London, 1720-1770 Discussion Jerry White (Birkbeck) Metropolitan History seminar series
City Rivalries and the making of Modern London, 1720-1770
March 15, 2011 23:00 - 56 minutes - 12.9 MBInstitute of Historical Research City Rivalries and the making of Modern London, 1720-1770 Jerry White (Birkbeck) Metropolitan History seminar series
City Rivalries and the making of Modern London, 1720-1770 Introduction
March 15, 2011 23:00 - 1 minute - 303 KBInstitute of Historical Research City Rivalries and the making of Modern London, 1720-1770 Introduction Jerry White (Birkbeck) Metropolitan History seminar series
Lost London: managing change in a World City - seminar
March 01, 2011 23:00 - 1 hour - 14.1 MBInstitute of Historical Research Lost London: managing change in a World City - seminar Philip Davies (English Heritage) Metropolitan History seminar series
Lost London: managing change in a World City - discussion
March 01, 2011 23:00 - 24 minutes - 5.65 MBInstitute of Historical Research Lost London: managing change in a World City - discussion Philip Davies (English Heritage) Metropolitan History seminar series
Sites of knowledge and instruction: London's museum environments and civic identity 1851-1914 - seminar
February 16, 2011 00:00 - 51 minutes - 11.9 MBInstitute of Historical Research Sites of knowledge and instruction: London's museum environments and civic identity 1851-1914 - seminar Joanna Marchant (CMH/IHR) Metropolitan History seminar series