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Category Archives: Forthcoming events
The politics of a coronation: reaction and reform in 1821
This month the UK Parliament will be hosting an online presentation marking the coronation of George IV 200 years ago. To sign up for this free event please click here. In this blog Dr Philip Salmon explores some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences and seminars, Forthcoming events, Monarchs
Tagged coronation, George IV, Liberal Tory, Queen Caroline
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Lord Derby, ‘centre’ parties and minority government
150 years ago the Conservative prime minister Lord Derby retired from office, having managed to pass one of the most significant constitutional reform packages of the 19th century – despite leading a minority government. This post examines the career of … Continue reading
Call for papers: ‘From “Old Corruption” to the New Corruption? Public Life and Public Service in Britain, c. 1780–1940’
Our assistant editor, Kathryn Rix, will be one of the keynote speakers at a 2 day conference entitled ‘From “Old Corruption” to the New Corruption? Public Life and Public Service in Britain, c. 1780–1940’, to be held at Oxford Brookes … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences and seminars, Corruption, Forthcoming events
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Upcoming event: Victorian Elections & Political Culture Workshop
On Friday 20 April 2018 the Research Centre in Victorian Political Culture, led by Professor Angus Hawkins, will be hosting a workshop on Victorian politics aimed at graduate students in the Jean Robinson Room, Keble College, Oxford OX1 3PG. The seminars … Continue reading
Parliaments and Popular Sovereignty Conference
On 22 March 2018 the History of Parliament will be hosting an event at Westminster featuring 19th century highlights from the recent conference: ‘Parliaments and Popular Sovereignty: Political Representation in the British world, 1640-1886’. This conference was held at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel O'Connell, petitions, Third Reform Act
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Conference on petitioning
Readers of our blog may be interested in an event involving our former research fellow, Dr. Henry Miller (now at the University of Manchester’s History Department). During his time at the History of Parliament, he published an article in the English Historical … Continue reading
Paper at Politics and the Power of Print Conference, Manchester, 30 Nov. 2012
On the 30th Nov. 2012 at Chetham’s Library, Manchester, I am giving a paper at the Politics and the Power of Print Conference organised by Manchester Metropolitan University. The paper is titled ‘ “Agitate, agitate, agitate”: the publishing career of … Continue reading
Posted in Forthcoming events, Uncategorized
Tagged corn laws, Joseph Livesey, political agitation, Print culture, temperance
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Paper at EUPARL Conference, Paris, 8-9 Nov. 2012
This week I am giving a paper, titled ‘The British Parliament and the representation of public opinion before democracy, c. 1800-1914’, at a conference organised by the European Information and Research Network on Parliamentary History (EUPARL). The conference is being … Continue reading
Seminars for autumn 2012 at the Institute of Historical Research
This term’s programme for the ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar, held at the Institute of Historical Research, is now available here. Caroline Shenton of the Parliamentary Archives will be speaking on 6 November on ‘The day Parliament burned down’, the … Continue reading
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