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Metropolitan History seminar at the Institute of Historical Research

School of Advanced Study, University of London


    • Mar 13, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 51m AVG DURATION
    • 58 EPISODES


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    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

    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)

    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

    E.M. Forster and Edwardian London

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2018 28:38


    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...

    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...

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    Make Public

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2015 65:23


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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    "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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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...

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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...

    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 ...

    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...

    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...

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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