Metropolitan History seminar

Shopping for pets in nineteenth and twentieth-century London

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2019 52:12

Shopping for pets in nineteenth and twentieth-century London Jane Hamlett , Royal Holloway, Rebecca Preston , Royal Holloway

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Ghostly geographies: in search of medieval Swansea today

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2019 44:55

Ghostly geographies: in search of medieval Swansea today Catherine Clarke (IHR)

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The city under the railway arches: Infrastructures of social value in Victorian London - Peter Jones, IHR

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 49:30

The city under the railway arches: Infrastructures of social value in Victorian London Peter Jones, IHR

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E.M. Forster and Edwardian London

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2018 28:38

Roland Quinault, IHR

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Out of Place: Vagrancy and Settlement - 1

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2017 248:55

This 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...

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Out of Place: Vagrancy and Settlement - 2

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2017 276:54

This 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...

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Making sense of the problem of dereliction in 1980s Dublin

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2017 57:53

Institute of Historical Research Making sense of the problem of dereliction in 1980s Dublin Erika Hanna (University of Bristol) Metropolitan History seminar series

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Young people and the rhythms of the city: towards a transurban history of modern walks (1850-1914)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2017 54:30

Institute 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

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The ancient city of Rome as a site of diplomacy

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2017 49:28

Institute 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

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Richmond, Surrey: 1850-1900. A suburb of London?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2017 45:23

Institute of Historical Research Richmond, Surrey: 1850-1900. A suburb of London? Mike Brownlee (IHR) Metropolitan History seminar series

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Department stores and the discourse of modernity in early 20th-century Berlin fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2016 55:03

Institute 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

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Only a local affair'? Local identities and communities in London's Boer War Carnivals of 1900

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2016 42:10

Institute 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

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The City as Phoenix: ruination and recovery in 20th-century Tokyo

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2016 44:40

Institute of Historical Research The City as Phoenix: ruination and recovery in 20th-century Tokyo Mark Pendleton (Sheffield) Metropolitan History seminar series

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Richard Smyth of London, 1590-1675: a quiet life in a turbulent century?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2016 58:15

Institute of Historical Research Richard Smyth of London, 1590-1675: a quiet life in a turbulent century? Professor Vanessa Harding (Birkbeck) Metropolitan History seminar series

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The practice of property: The Draper's Company estate, c. 1540 - 1640

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2015 63:43

Institute 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

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Make Public

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2015 65:23

Institute of Historical Research Make Public David Roberts (Bartlett) Metropolitan History seminar series

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Selling Paris: The Commerce in Real Estate in the Fin-de-siecle

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2015 42:48

Institute of Historical Research Selling Paris: The Commerce in Real Estate in the Fin-de-siecle Alexia Yates (Cambridge) Metropolitan History seminar series

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West End girls and East End boys: the Survey of London's current research

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2014 53:02

Institute 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

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Idealising the Early Modern City: Festival Design in Theory and Practise in Late Seventeenth-Century London and Paris

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2014 46:16

Institute 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

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Arnold Fitz Thedmar: an early London chronicler

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2014 42:57

Institute of Historical Research Arnold Fitz Thedmar: an early London chronicler Ian Stone (KCL) Metropolitan History seminar series

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Selling on the streets: food and urban space in eighteenth-century Naples

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2014 40:36

Melissa Calaresu (Cambridge) Metropolitan History seminar Institute of Historical Research 6 November 2013

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Localism in turn-of-the-century London? The development of the Minet Estate in Lambeth c.1870-1910

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2013 60:19

20-11-13 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

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Segregating the city: class, the railways, and Greater London 1880-1920

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2013 47:00

Simon Abernethy (Cambridge) 23 October 2013 Metropolitan History seminar Institute of Historical Research

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Providing for Londoners: interventions by the authorities at times of crisis in the early seventeenth century

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2013 49:00

David Carmichael (CMH/IHR) 9 October 2013 Metropolitan History seminar Institute of Historical Research

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"Riding on Top of the Car": The cinematic tram and urban transformation

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2013 40:20

Institute 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

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Auctions, maps, leases and "narrations" of property: representing commodified space in Delhi, 1911-47

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2013 50:01

Institute of Historical Research Auctions, maps, leases and "narrations" of property: representing commodified space in Delhi, 1911-47 Anish Vanaik (Oxford) Metropolitan History seminar series

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Whose Home? Jewish migration and local reaction in the East End of London 1870-1914

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2013 29:48

Institute 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

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The stormy latitude of the law: Chancery Lane and spatial politics in late eighteenth-century London

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2013 54:12

Institute 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

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The rise and fall of John Sperni, Mayor of St Pancras 1937-1938

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2013 48:46

Institute of Historical Research The rise and fall of John Sperni, Mayor of St Pancras 1937-1938 Robin Woolven Metropolitan History seminar series

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Westminster as the seat of national government: the long view

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2012 39:08

Institute of Historical Research Westminster as the seat of national government: the long view Roland Quinault (IHR) Metropolitan History seminar series

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Sanctifying the street: urban space, material religion and the G.F. Watts mosaic 'Time, Death and Judgement' in London, c.1880-1970

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2012 43:34

Institute 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...

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Latin America, modern architecture and the poor

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2012 44:54

Institute of Historical Research Latin America, modern architecture and the poor Felipe Hernandez (Cambridge) Metropolitan History seminar series

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A history of urban space: changing concepts of space in the study of the early modern metropolis

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2012 53:11

Institute 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

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A neighbourhood of this sort. How Southwark shaped ideas of child and school: Orange Street Elementary, 1870-1914

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2012 39:34

Institute 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

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The prevention of crime in late eighteenth-century Bristol: policing, the public, and the city

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2012 47:33

Institute 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

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Flaring Lights and Urgent Cries: London street markets c.1850-1939

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2012 51:43

Institute 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

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Running the River Thames: oral history and the environmental governance of the Thames, 1960-2010

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2012 35:15

Institute 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

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Applying new spatial techniques in the study of late medieval London

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2011 51:21

Institute of Historical Research Applying new spatial techniques in the study of late medieval London Justin Colson (CMH) Metropolitan History seminar series

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Urbanizing China in war and peace, Wuxi 1911-1945

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2011 43:05

Institute of Historical Research Urbanizing China in war and peace, Wuxi 1911-1945 Toby Lincoln (Centre for Urban History, Leicester) Metropolitan History seminar series

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Cultures of giving and charity: the Clothworkers Company in early modern London

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2011 40:36

Institute of Historical Research Cultures of giving and charity: the Clothworkers Company in early modern London Annaleigh Margey (Maynooth) Metropolitan History seminar series

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Worse than Cimmerian Darkness: fog and the representation of Victorian London

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2011 45:43

Institute 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...

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The Survey of London: methods and sources for recording the development of London's fabric - Peter Guillery

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2011 20:28

Institute 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 ...

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The Survey of London: methods and sources for recording the development of London's fabric - Philip Temple

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2011 20:54

Institute 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...

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The Survey of London: methods and sources for recording the development of London's fabric - Discussion

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2011 39:32

Institute 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...

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City Rivalries and the making of Modern London, 1720-1770 Introduction

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2011 1:07

Institute of Historical Research City Rivalries and the making of Modern London, 1720-1770 Introduction Jerry White (Birkbeck) Metropolitan History seminar series

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City Rivalries and the making of Modern London, 1720-1770

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2011 56:10

Institute of Historical Research City Rivalries and the making of Modern London, 1720-1770 Jerry White (Birkbeck) Metropolitan History seminar series

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City Rivalries and the making of Modern London, 1720-1770 Discussion

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2011 43:16

Institute of Historical Research City Rivalries and the making of Modern London, 1720-1770 Discussion Jerry White (Birkbeck) Metropolitan History seminar series

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Lost London: managing change in a World City - discussion

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2011 24:31

Institute of Historical Research Lost London: managing change in a World City - discussion Philip Davies (English Heritage) Metropolitan History seminar series

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Lost London: managing change in a World City - seminar

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2011 61:14

Institute of Historical Research Lost London: managing change in a World City - seminar Philip Davies (English Heritage) Metropolitan History seminar series

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Sites of knowledge and instruction: London's museum environments and civic identity 1851-1914 - seminar

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2011 51:49

Institute 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

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Sites of knowledge and instruction: London's museum environments and civic identity 1851-1914 - discussion

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2011 27:20

Institute of Historical Research Sites of knowledge and instruction: London's museum environments and civic identity 1851-1914 - discussion Joanna Marchant (CMH/IHR) Metropolitan History seminar series

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