Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Events and Lectures - Summer Semester 2023

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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

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

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

STUDENT-LED PROJECT

Sounds and Vision: 100 years of the BBC in Berlin

MA British Studies class 2022/24

17:00 hours

Jacob-und-Wilhelm-
Grimm Zentrum
Auditorium

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

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