Department of History, Goldsmiths University of London

Radio 4’s ‘You’re Dead to Me’ featuring our very own Justin Bengry on Q***r History, first broadcast in 2019 but on again this morning and available to download.

BBC Radio 4 - You're Dead To Me, LGBTQ History From Molly Houses to Section 28, Greg Jenner explores the history of the LGBT community.

Free History A-Level Webinars: our very own world-class experts discuss subjects from AQA, OCR & EdExcel syllabuses. Check our Autumn 2020 programme & book here:
https://www.gold.ac.uk/goldform/registration/21FO00hpqdtq0500d9rwkch5bc/

Registration

Overjoyed that our very own Dr Christienna Fryar, Convenor of the MA in Black British History, has been announced as one of the AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinkers for 2020:

https://ahrc.ukri.org/innovation/new-generation-thinkers/2020/

New Generation Thinkers 2020 - Arts and Humanities Research Council

The Great Cauldron: A History of Southeastern Europe- Book Discussion

The Centre for the Studies of the Balkans is delighted to support the discussion on the monograph:

'The Great Cauldron: A History of Southeastern Europe'

By Marie-Janine Calic (LMU Munich)

https://www.history.ac.uk/events/great-cauldron-a-history-southeastern-europe-book-discussion

The discussion is hosted by IHR’s seminar on Rethinking Modern Europe and will take place on:

October 23, 5: 30- 7:30 at the IHR, Wolfson Room NB02

(Basement, IHR-Senate House, Malet Street, London WC 1E 7HU)

Speakers: Marie-Janine Calic (LMU Munich), Catherine Carmichael (UEA), Alex-Drace Francis (Amsterdam) and Dejan Djokic (Goldsmiths University of London).

Some highlights from our recent, and extremely successful, Global Yugoslavia conference, in association with Past & Present:

Looking back at Past & Present was pleased to support this one day conference which look place at Goldsmith's, University of London on the 28th November 2018. 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the formation of the first Yugoslav state in 1918.

Introducing Global Yugoslavia - Past and Present Received from Prof. Dejan Djokić (Goldsmiths, London) New research on Yugoslavia in transnational, comparative and global perspectives, 1918-2018 Taking place at Goldsmiths, University of London on the afternoon of 28th November (programme available here), this conference brings together nine acade...

Have a look at all our upcoming events on the Departmental calendar:

Events at Goldsmiths A list of all of the events upcoming at or around our London based university including lectures, degree shows, exhibitions, conferences and workshops.

Liam Smith obituary.

Historian who took up a lectureship in history at Goldsmiths, University of London, in 1962, a post he held, until his retirement in 1985, by which time he was head of the history department:

Liam Smith obituary Other lives: Historian and biographer of Napoleon III, and informal adviser to the Bonaparte family

Photo exhibition of the Battle of Lewisham currently on display in the Kingsway corridor!

Congratulations to all History students graduating today!!

Graduation day! Congratulations to all of you graduating today. Share your photos with