Seminars

Founded
2004
Seminar Number
701

The seminar in Modern British History brings together historians from New York area institutions, together with literary scholars, political scientists, philosophers and others working historically, to hear research papers by visiting scholars, to discuss recent books in the field of modern British history (from the late seventeenth century to the present), or to comment on work in progress by members of the group.

Co-Chairs
Professor Guy Ortolano
ortolano@nyu.edu

Professor James Stafford
jms2533@columbia.edu

Rapporteur
Lucy Sharp
lrs2204@columbia.edu

Meeting Schedule

09/16/2021	Online Meeting 5:00 PM	Trading with the Enemy: Britain, France, and the 18th-Century Quest for a Peaceful World Order John Shovlin, New York University Discussant: Emma Rothschild, Harvard University

10/07/2021	Online Meeting 5:00 PM	Wake Up, Women! Gender and Politics at Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation Arianne Chernock, Boston University Discussant: Laura Beers, American University

02/10/2022	411 Fayerweather Hall, Columbia University 5:00 PM	The Berlin Africa Conference, the Congo Free State, and the Meaning of ‘Free Trade’ James Stafford, Columbia University Discussant: Karuna Mantena, Columbia University

03/10/2021	411 Fayerweather Hall, Columbia University 5:00 PM	Nothing of this Kind in Britain: Caribbean Radicalism and Revolutionary Epistemologies Across the 1960s Black Atlantic James Cantres, Hunter College, CUNY Discussant: Natasha Lightfoot, Columbia University