Regular Speaker Series

We will be hosting the following speakers and roundtable discussions in 2023/2024:

Autumn Term (TB1 2023)
4 October 2023
2-3 pm
HUMS Research Space
Introductory Meet and Greet
15 November 2023
4-5 pm
HUMS Research Space
Beth Wilson (University of Reading)

Slavery, Emotions and Gender in the Antebellum US South

How might historians of slavery utilise approaches from the history of emotions? What can doing so illuminate about the institution of slavery and the lives of the enslaved? In this short talk and Q&A, Dr Beth Wilson will give an overview of my current book project on slavery, emotions, and gender in the US South, discuss some of the sources, methods, and theoretical approaches she uses to consider emotion in the archive of slavery, and reflect on the challenges and ethical implications of doing this work.

6 December 2023
2-3 pm
HUMS Research Space
Kate Ballantyne (Liverpool John University)

Tennessee Student Activism, 1950s-1960s

Winter Term (TB2 2024)
7 February 2024
2-3 pm
HUMS Research Space
Dr Nathan Cardon (University of Birmingham)
6 March 2024
2-3 pm
HUMS Research Space
Prof Sharon Monteith (Nottingham Trent University)
1 May 2024
2-3 pm
HUMS Research Space
Dr Thomas Arnold-Foster (KCL)
5 June 2024
2-3 pm
HUMS Research Space
TBC