Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Events and Lectures - Winter Semester 2023/24

Watch this space for more information on upcoming events!

Upcoming:

TBC

RELAUNCH EVENT

Friends of the Centre for British Studies

This exciting event will include:

• An art exhibition, titled "Accidentally Anglos"

• Live music from a Scottish indie artist

• Welcome drinks

• Networking opportunities

Click to see more information:

» Invitation

Postponed: further information to follow soon!

RedRum Art Bar 

Grimmstraße 24, 10967 Berlin

Click here to register 

Contact:

FriendsofGBZ@gmail.com

05/10-06/10

"The NHS and the Legacies of Empire" Symposium

This two-day international symposium marks the 75th anniversary of the British National Health Service (NHS) by focusing on a neglected theme in the organisation’s history, culture and current medical practices. 'The NHS and the legacies of empire' investigates the influence of race, colonialism and migration on different aspects of public health in the UK from 1948 through to the present day.

By showcasing recent scholarly research and community projects this symposium has four main aims: 1) To highlight how the NHS was established and developed during Britain’s transition from Empire to Commonwealth; 2) To understand better the impact of health inequalities on BME communities in the UK; 3) To compare the colonial legacies within the NHS with the modern German public health system; 4) To debate the future of the NHS with BME health policy experts.

The symposium is jointly hosted by the Berliner Medizinhistorische Museum der Charité (Berlin Medical History Museum). All welcome. 

» NHS Programme

For further information about registration (either in-person or via Zoom) please contact events.gbz@hu-berlin.de

Note:

This is a two-day event. Please specify which days you would like to attend
1. Both days;

2. Thursday, 5th October only;

3. Friday, 6th October only.

26/10

BOOK LUNCH

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Diplomacy: Wie Diplomatie die Welt erklärt

with Leigh Turner

Writer and former British Ambassador to Ukraine and Austria

» Information

» Flyer

15:00 to 16:00 hours s.t.

Online for guests, in person for students

Registration necessary: events.gbz@hu-berlin.de

30/10

MONDAY LECTURE

Accounting for British History: The Political Economy of Colonialism and Empire
Prof Gurminder K Bhambra FBA FAcSS FRHistS
Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex

17:00 hours s.t.
Centre for British Studies
Room 105

20/11

17:00 hours s.t.
Centre for British Studies
Room 105

04/12

MONDAY LECTURE

The English Criminal Justice System: Adversarial Justice, Juries and the Judge as Referee
Bernhard Richmond KC
Honorary Professor, Kent Law School, University of Kent

17:00 hours s.t.
Online only
Registration necessary:
events.gbz@hu-berlin.de

08/01

MONDAY LECTURE

Legacies of Empire: Rural Walks Through Colonial Britain
Prof Corinne Fowler
Professor of Colonialism and Heritage University of Leicester

17:00 hours s.t.
Centre for British Studies
Room 105

12/02

MONDAY LECTURE

‘Das Volk’ and ‘us English Teutones’: National Literature and Nation Building in the 19th Century
Dr Mary Boyle
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Junior Research Fellow, Linacre College, University of Oxford

17:00 hours s.t.
Centre for British Studies
Room 105

Past events:

Events and Lectures - 2023

EXHIBITION & PANEL DEBATE

Afterlives of Empire - Encounters in Art and Academia

Afterlives is a new project developed by Gesa Stedman and funded by Humboldt Universitätsgesellschaft. Art students from Oxford and Berlin show the results of a one-month residency at Humboldt-Universität, working with the university's academic collections.

For more information see:

» Afterlives of Empire - Encounters in Art and Academia

» Flyer

Lichthof Ost, Unter den Linden 6

Contact: Prof. Dr. Gesa Stedman
gesa.stedman@staff.hu-berlin.de

LECTURE

What is political deference and can it help repair the British constitution today?
Dr Catherine Marshall
Professor of British Studies, Director of the Agora Research Centre, CY Cergy Paris Université

CANCELLED

LECTURE

Conservative Women and Public Action from a European Perspective
Dr Clarisse Berthezène
Professor of Modern British History, Vice-President Université Paris Diderot

17:00 hours
Centre for British Studies
Room 105

STUDENT-LED PROJECT

Sounds and Vision: 100 years of the BBC in Berlin

MA British Studies class 2022/24

16:00 hours

Jacob-und-Wilhelm-
Grimm Zentrum
Auditorium

LECTURE

Ireland‘s Unmarried Fathers

Dr Clair Wills FBA, HonMRIA
King Edward VII Professor of English Literature, University of Cambridge
Respondent Prof Gisela Holfter
Professor and Director, Centre Irish-German Studies, University of Limerick

17:00 hours

Centre for British Studies
Room 105

WORKSHOP

Medical Humanities Workshop

Panel 1: chaired by Axel Hüntelmann (Charité)

Panel 2: chaired by Neil Vickers (KCL)

Panel 3: chaired by Erica Charters

Panel 4: chaired by Prof Miles Taylor

» Details of workshop

KEYNOTE LECTURE
Decolonisation at the Victoria & Albert Museum
The Imperative of Object Biography
Dr Tristram Hunt, Director, Victoria and Albert Museum London

04/05

INAUGURAL LECTURE

Prof Miles Taylor

Chair British History and Society, Centre for British Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

with a welcome introduction by Professor Sir Christopher Clark Regius Professor of History, University of Cambridge

» Lecture Recording Download