Workshop: International History Seminar of the North
- Date: Wednesday 1 May 2024, 14:00 – 17:00
- Location: Parkinson SR (B.11)
- Type: Conferences
- Cost: Free. Registration required via <a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=qO3qvR3IzkWGPlIypTW3y42fMGARhWFGk8xcGfj15dRUQUtaVklLSlZCMFIwTlFQTkhaUlkwSEFRWC4u">online form</a>.
The theme of the 2024 annual workshop is 'New Perspectives on International History'.
Programme
14:00: welcome and coffee
14:30-15:30: Panel One. ‘Britain and the World: (De)Colonization, secret intelligence, and the environment
‘Intelligence at the Sharp End: Reforming British colonial intelligence from Whitehall’, Lucy Slater (University of Leeds). Discussant: Helen Parr (Keele University)
‘Money, Politics, and the Future of Hong Kong: How tycoons secretly influence the beginnings of Hong Kong’s decolonisation’, Matthew Hurst (University of York). Discussant: Rachel Utley (University of Leeds)
‘’A decision that this is our place’: The Kabbara and the Zor el-Zarqa concession in Mandate Palestine’, Alex Worsfold (University of Leeds). Discussant: Marco Wyss (Lancaster University)
15:30-15:45: coffee break
15:45-16:45: Panel Two. ‘The Cold War “From Below”: Soldiers, insurgents, and exiles
‘Mozambique Insurgency and Chinese Communist Involvement (1964-75), Yongrui Lui (Lancaster University). Discussant: George Robert (University of Sheffield)
‘The Extradite Pinochet Campaign, the Role of the Chilean Exiles, and the Emergence of 2nd-Generation Activitists’, Maria Vazques-Aguilar (University of Sheffield). Discussant: Eline van Ommen (University of Leeds)
‘Reputations on Trial: Public perceptions of the East German border regime after the Fall of the Berlin Wall’, Chris Law (Newcastle University). Discussant: Stephan Petzold (University of Leeds)
16:45-17:00 closing remarks, followed by optional refreshments off-campus
Registration
To take part in this conference, please register here. Please note, the conference is in-person, with no hybrid or remote options.
More information
Find out more about the International History Seminar of the North here.