History and Politics Research Seminar Series, 2016-17

Unless otherwise stated, all seminars take place in room 303 of the Geoffrey
Manton Building.
Tea, coffee and biscuits are served from 4pm before every seminar, and
please join us in a local pub afterwards to continue the discussion
TERM 2
Wednesday 11 January, 4.15pm
Mike Tyldesley (Man Met)
Castoriadis/Coleman: Adventures of the Imaginary
Wednesday 18 January, 4.15pm
John Morgan (University of Manchester)
The peoples just freedom: flooding, wetlands and popular participation in
seventeenth-century England
Wednesday 8 February, 4.15pm
Michael Gehler (University of Hildesheim / Austrian Academy of Sciences)
The European Union: A new post-modern Empire?
Organised by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence
NB: this seminar takes place in the GM LT5 (ground floor)
Wednesday 15 February, 5.30pm
Claire Holleran (University of Exeter)
Earning a Living: Work and Labour in Ancient Rome
Organised in collaboration with the North-West Branch of the Classical
Association, and the Roman Society
NB: this seminar takes place in the MMU Business school, G33

Wednesday 22 February, 4.15pm

Alistair Kefford (University of Manchester)
Housing the Citizen-Consumer in Post-war Britain
Wednesday 15 March, 4.15pm
Richard Johnson (University of Oxford)
Racially Polarised Partisanship under the Obama Presidency
For further information, please contact Andrew Crome (History) at a.crome@mmu.ac.uk,
Craig Griffiths (History) at c.griffiths@mmu.ac.uk, or Samantha Wolstencroft (Politics) at
s.wolstencroft@mmu.ac.uk