Public Lecture: Professor Robert Gildea (Oxford), "The Challenge of Global History"

On Wednesday 11 January,  Prof. Robert Gildea from the University of Oxford will speak at 6.30pm as part of the ‘public lecture’ series. Prof. Gildea is one of the UK’s most distinguished scholars of modern and contemporary Europe, and especially of France. His most recent book, Fighters in the Shadows, offers a new history of the French Resistance. On Wednesday, he will talk about ‘The Challenge of Global History’. The lecture is taking place in CCE 002 (City Campus East). Refreshments will be served in the foyer from 6 pm onwards. To book a place, visit https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/news-events/events/2017/01/public-lecture-series-professor-robert-gildea/

Giles Scott-Smith Research Seminar, ‘Contested Internationalisms: The UN Information Office and Imperial Transition’, Wednesday 11 January

On Wednesday, 11 January, Giles Scott-Smith from the University of Leiden will give a paper in the department’s Staff-Postgraduate Seminar Series. Prof. Scott-Smith is a renowned historian of international relations during the Cold War era, with a particular focus on Western anti-communism and the ‘cultural Cold War’. He will speak on the subject ‘Contested Internationalisms: The UN Information Office and Imperial Transition’. The talk will take place in Lipman 0026, the lecture theatre in the basement, at 4pm. All are welcome.