Events and Lectures

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Events and Lectures

Registration is required to attend the events listed below.

All events will also be available via Zoom. For details, please register for the event below and indicate whether you would like to attend via Zoom or in person.

	Events and Lectures - Summer Semester 2025
16/06	LECTURE British Colonialism and the Taming of the Foreshore and Littoral Societies in Early Colonial Madras Vidhya Raveendranathan Visiting Scholar, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Großbritannien-Zentrum » Poster Past events: Events and Lectures - 2024/25	17:00 hours s.t. Centre for British Studies Room 001 and online via Zoom Registration necessary: events.gbz@hu-berlin.de
26/03	PUBLIC READING Voices from Ireland: Louise Kennedy, Alan Murrin and Micheál Ó Conghaile moderated by Prof. Dr. Gesa Stedman Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Großbritannien-Zentrum This lecture is a cooperation between the Centre for British Studies, Literature Ireland, and the Embassy of Ireland in Berlin. » Poster	17:00 hours s.t. Jacob-und-Wilhelm- Grimm Zentrum Auditorium and online via Zoom Registration necessary: events.gbz@hu-berlin.de
11/02	LECTURE Truth in Materials: Looking at Modernism Through Glass Prof Victoria Rosner Dean, The Gallatin School of Individualised Study New York University with a response by Dr Sean Ketteringham Visiting Scholar, Centre for British Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin » Poster	17:00 hours s.t. Centre for British Studies Room 105 and online via Zoom Registration necessary: events.gbz@hu-berlin.de
27/01	THE OXFORD-BERLIN LECTURE Where is Le Borysthène? Writing about “Russian“ Ballet Today Prof Philip Bullock Professor of Russian Literature and Music Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, Fellow of Wadham College, University of Oxford with a response by Prof Lucia Ruprecht Freie Universität Berlin, Institute for Theatre Studies, Dance Studies Workshop »Poster	17:00 hours s.t. Centre for British Studies Room 105 and online via Zoom Registration necessary: events.gbz@hu-berlin.de
28/11	KEYNOTE LECTURE 2024 Postcolonial Poundland and Mismanaged Decline Prof Paul Gilroy, FRSL, FBA Professor of the Humanities Founding Director of the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism & Racialisation Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London » Poster	17:00 hours s.t. Centre for British Studies Room 105 and online via Zoom Registration necessary: events.gbz@hu-berlin.de
27/05	MONDAY LECTURE Emotional Histories of India in the Second World War Dr Diya Gupta Lecturer in Public History School of Policy and Global Affairs, City, University of London » Poster	17:00 hours s.t. Centre for British Studies Room 105
13/06	THE OXFORD-BERLIN LECTURE Britain, Europe and the Changing Global Order since 1900 Patricia Clavin, FRHistS, FBA Professor of Modern History Worcester College, University of Oxford This lecture is a cooperation between the Centre for British Studies and the Franco-German Centre Marc Bloch, associated institute of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin » Poster	17:00 hours s.t. Centre for British Studies Room 105
22/06	LANGE NACHT DER WISSENSCHAFTEN 2024 Empire on Display: Reframing the Imperial Legacies of Art MA British Studies Class 2023/2025 This event is a cooperation between the Humboldt Universitätsgesellschaft and the Centre for British Studies » Poster » Programme	17:00 hours Lichthof Ost Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Unter den Linden 6 Ticketed event. Check LNDW website for details. The event includes an art workshop for which spaces are limited.
	Past events: Events and Lectures - 2023/24
04/12	MONDAY LECTURE The English Criminal Justice System: Adversarial Justice, Juries and the Judge as Referee Bernard Richmond KC Honorary Professor, Kent Law School, University of Kent » Poster	17:00 hours s.t. Centre for British Studies Room 105 Registration necessary: Click to open the registration form
11/12	ONLINE BOOK LAUNCH Politics and Policy Making in the UK Dr Sean Kippin Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Stirling » Poster	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 » Poster	17:00 hours s.t. Centre for British Studies Room 105 Registration necessary: events.gbz@hu-berlin.de
12/02	MONDAY LECTURE ‘Deutsche Völker’ and ‘us English Teutones’: National Literature and Identity Dr Mary Boyle Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Junior Research Fellow, Linacre College, University of Oxford » Poster	17:00 hours s.t. Centre for British Studies Room 105 Registration necessary: events.gbz@hu-berlin.de


	Past events: Events and Lectures - 2022/23
20/11	PUBLIC READING Poetry collection 'Un/safe' and other poems Karen McCarthy Woolf Writer, Poet, Editor and Critic » Poster	17:00 hours s.t. Centre for British Studies Room 105 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 » Poster	17:00 hours s.t. Centre for British Studies Room 105 Registration necessary: events.gbz@hu-berlin.de
26/10	CANCELLED BOOK LAUNCH 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: Click to open the form
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.
07/09-10/09	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
03/07	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	17:00 hours Centre for British Studies Room 105
17/06	EXHIBITION Happy in Berlin: English Writers in the City Prof Gesa Stedman & Prof Stefano Evangelista Centre for British Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin	17:00 hours Lichthof Ost Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Unter den Linden 6

12/06	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

02/06	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

31/05	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

25-26/05	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	Exact time: see details St Luke's Chapel, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6GG

08/05	KEYNOTE LECTURE Decolonisation at the Victoria & Albert Museum The Imperative of Object Biography Dr Tristram Hunt, Director, Victoria and Albert Museum London	17:00 hours Centre for British Studies Room 105

04/05	INAUGURAL LECTURE ‘Intelligible Government‘? Rethinking the meaning of monarchy in the age of Charles III 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	17:00 hours Centre for British Studies Room 105

Ongoing:

Britons in Berlin: An Exploration through the Senses (Student-led online exhibition)

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