Raphael Samuel History Centre
Outreach and research centre devoted to encouraging the widest possible participation in historical study and debate.
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Join us for the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2026 with Prof. Sandrine Kott on 19 March 2026 @rshc.bsky.social @qmulsse.bsky.social @jessicareinisch.bsky.social @drmargottudor.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/anti-fasci... - What are the extents and limits of the anarchic turn in the New Left? Join Sophie Scott-Brown to discuss. Thursday 5 February Bloomsbury, London WC1 Book here EmotionalAnarchists.eventbrite.co.uk
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- Join the Raphael Samuel History Centre mailing list to get the latest information on our forthcoming events. Go to our website and click 'contact us' Our events are free and open to all. www.bbk.ac.uk/research/cen...
- Call for Papers: Power, People, Papers: Policing the Mobility of 'Undesirables' (1870-1923) 9/6/26 Université Paris Cité. Conference on the emergence and operation of modern state borders. Submissions welcome in English and French. Proposals by 9 Feb 2026 to policingmobility@gmail.com
- History Workshop Journal’s 100th Issue: a celebration 31 Jan 2026, 2.00pm, Bloomsbury, London Speakers include former and newer editors, and friends of the journal. To join us, book here HWJ100.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
- Reposted by Raphael Samuel History CentreOur first speaker for the series will be Hiba Alkhalaf (Voices of Heritage/Aswat Alturath). She'll be speaking about "From Destruction to Recovery: Syrian Heritage, Fourteen Years on". Link to book below. www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
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- ‘Waning Crescent: the rise and fall of global Islam’ Come along to the launch of Professor Faisal Devji's book, where he discusses his examination of the rise of Islam as a global historical actor. 1st December, London E1. WaningCrescent.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
- Reposted by Raphael Samuel History CentreThe @rshc.bsky.social will be hosting @faisaldevji.bsky.social to discuss his new book, The Waning Crescent, on 1 December at 5 p.m. , in conversation with Dr. Christ Moffat at QMUL. Details below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...
- Reposted by Raphael Samuel History CentreI have a new article out. TLDR: Actively courting deportation by air is a way to claim rights as a stateless person and even as a refugee. academic.oup.com/past/advance...
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- Reposted by Raphael Samuel History CentreLots of great things coming up this autumn in the CSI calendar - next up is @emmakluge.bsky.social's lunchtime seminar 'Oceanic internationalism: anticolonialism and environmentalism in the Pacific' (30 Oct 1-2pm, in person & online, msg for link) Full programme here csi.bbk.ac.uk/blog/autumn-...
- Join us for 'Sanctuary, Now and Then: asylum, migrant rights and anti-deportation in Britain since the 1980s.' Speakers include Stuart Crosthwaite, Amy Grant, Rachel Humphris, Paul Weller 7 Nov 12.00pm, Manchester Central Library Book here sanctuarynowandthen.eventbrite.co.uk @aiucentre.bsky.social
- Reposted by Raphael Samuel History CentreJoin us for this event with Edgar Taylor on the Ugandan Archives: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-a...
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- Join us to hear a core participant in the #spycops Inquiry speak about his work. Undercover Policing of the Left 1968-1982: Subversives Under the Lens 6.00pm, 15 October, London WC1E 7JL Book here UndercoverPolicingLeft.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Raphael Samuel History CentreSuch a privilege to be part of this amazing roundtable, organised by @onslies.bsky.social at @rshc.bsky.social. So pleased that the conversation can be shared more widely (less pleased about my wobbly voice)
- How has paperwork served as a tool of empowerment for people who often find power elusive? In our latest podcast, a group of historians, archivists, and activists met at the Raphael Samuel History Centre (@rshc.bsky.social) to discuss the hidden history of paperwork 🗃️🎙️
- Reposted by Raphael Samuel History CentreWho did what in early modern England? New #OpenAccess book, 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' by @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, @hkrobb.bsky.social & @aucointaylor.bsky.social, based on thousands of #EarlyModern court depositions 🗃️ Read it: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
- Spycops Undercover Policing of the Left 1968-1982: Subversives Under the Lens Chris Brian from the Undercover Research Group talks about his chapter in their new book 6.00pm, 15 October, London WC1E 7JL Book here UndercoverPolicingLeft.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
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- Red and Black in Harlem and Jamaica: a book launch 19 June 6pm London WC1E Join us to discuss West Indian anti-colonialist Wilfred Adolphus Domingo Speakers: Catherine Hall, Peter Hulme, Leslie James, Kesewa John Book here RedBlackHarlemJamaica.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
- TOMORROW: Teaching Migration History in an Age of Border Restriction 5/6/25, 6pm, London WC1E An international panel of migration historians discuss the future of this rich and growing field in a highly volatile political context. teachmighist.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
- Teaching Migration History in an Age of Border Restriction 5 June, 6pm, London WC1E This roundtable brings together an international panel of migration historians to discuss the future of this rich and growing field in a highly volatile political context. TeachMigHist.eventbrite.co.uk
- How should we teach migration history in an era of ever-increasing global border restrictions? Join us on 5 June at 6pm, London WC1E, followed by a wine reception Free to book here TeachMigHist.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk @qmpoliticsir.bsky
- Did the British republican tradition endure through the Cold War? 'Reassessing E. P. Thompson’s Political Thought: The Case for Radical Republicanism' 6 June, 3.00pm, London WC1E EPThompson.eventbrite.co.uk @mileendinstitute.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk @qmpoliticsir.bsky
- Join us for Red and Black in Harlem and Jamaica: a book launch 19 June 6pm, London WC1E 7JL Book here (RedBlackHarlemJamaica.eventbrite.co.uk) Hear about the life and work of West Indian anti-colonialist Wilfred Adolphus Domingo @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
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- Only a week to go! Changing The Record, 19 May, London Book here www.ChangingTheRecord.eventbrite.co.uk @sameen-mohsin.bsky.social @kabcommons.bsky.social @mrcwarwick.bsky.social @worsted.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk @onslies.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
- Changing the Record: how do those on the margins keep paper trails to protect their existence, then change their situation through it? 19/5/25 www.ChangingTheRecord.eventbrite.co.uk @onslies.bsky.social @sameen-mohsin.bsky.social @kabcommons.bsky.social @mrcwarwick.bsky.social @worsted.bsky.social
- 'Teaching migration history in an age of border restriction' Join us to discuss the future of this rich and growing field in a highly volatile political context TeachMigHist.eventbrite.co.uk Thursday 5 June, 6pm, London WC1E @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @qmul.ac.uk
- Reposted by Raphael Samuel History CentreCome by for this Raph Sam event on archives - organised by @onslies.bsky.social and featuring an all star cast!
- Changing the Record The power of paperwork: how do those on the margins keep paper trails to protect their existence, then change their situation through it? 19 May, 6pm, London WC1E Book here www.ChangingTheRecord.eventbrite.co.uk @qmul.ac.uk @onslies.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
- Our roundtable brings together scholars, activists and archivists to think about the way people navigate bureaucracies and paperwork to shape their world. 19 May, Changing the Record, London WC1 www.ChangingTheRecord.eventbrite.co.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @migrationmuseum.org @sslh.bsky.social
- Changing the Record. How do those on the margins keep paper trails to protect their existence, then change their situation through it? 19 May, 6pm, WC1E Book here www.ChangingTheRecord.eventbrite.co.uk @sameen-mohsin.bsky.social @kabcommons.bsky.social @mrcwarwick.bsky.social @worsted.bsky.social
- Changing the Record The power of paperwork: how do those on the margins keep paper trails to protect their existence, then change their situation through it? 19 May, 6pm, London WC1E Book here www.ChangingTheRecord.eventbrite.co.uk @qmul.ac.uk @onslies.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
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- The end of the world? It’s nothing new for many inhabitants of the Global South. 'After the End of the World: Another Season of War in South Lebanon', Munira Khayyat, London WC1B Join us on 13 May aftertheendoftheworld.eventbrite.co.uk
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- When life is the intentional target of the settler-colonial war machine, life in all of its forms becomes resistance. 'After the End of the World: Another Season of War in South Lebanon', Munira Khayyat 13 May, London Book here (AftertheEndoftheWorld.eventbrite.co.uk)
- Reposted by Raphael Samuel History CentrePlaces for British History Today are filling up. Please do register - especially if you are on the programme! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-hi...
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- Book soon! ‘African Pharmakon: The Asylum as Shrine from Slavery to the Return.’ Nana Osei Quarshie 3 April, London, Birkbeck UoL, Bloomsbury Book here QuarshieLecture.eventbrite.co.uk @qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
- British History from the Middle of Nowhere Julia Laite (Birkbeck UoL) 1 May 2025, 6.00pm Venue: Queen Mary, University of London, E1 HistoryMiddleNowhereRSML25.eventbrite.co.uk @qmcbs.bsky.social @mileendinstitute.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social
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- Come to hear Nana Osei Quarshie’s lecture ‘African Pharmakon: The Asylum as Shrine from Slavery to the Return.’ Free, followed by a reception 3 April, London WC1 QuarshieLecture.eventbrite.co.uk @qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
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- Join us tomorrow! ‘Decolonization’s Discontents: Unfinished Revolutions in the Age of Independence’, Dr Elisabeth Leake London E1 DecolonizationsDiscontents.eventbrite.co.uk @qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @emleake.bsky.social @jessicareinisch.bsky.social
- Join us for African Pharmakon: The Asylum as Shrine from Slavery to the Return, with Nana Osei Quarshie 3 April, Birkbeck, Bloomsbury, 6.00pm Book here QuarshieLecture.eventbrite.co.uk @qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
- A few places remain! Decolonization’s Discontents: Unfinished Revolutions in the Age of Independence Dr Elisabeth Leake 6/3/2025 DecolonizationsDiscontents.eventbrite.co.uk @qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @emleake.bsky.social @jessicareinisch.bsky.social
- Come and hear ‘Decolonization’s Discontents: Unfinished Revolutions in the Age of Independence’, from Dr Elisabeth Leake 6 March 2025, London E1 Book here DecolonizationsDiscontents.eventbrite.co.uk @qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @emleake.bsky.social
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- Have you read Amitav Ghosh’s 'The Great Derangement'? Or Peter Frankopan’s 'The Earth Transformed'? Discuss with us at RSHC on Tuesday 25 Feb, 6.00 pm, London WC1 Free but registration is essential. Find information here www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
- Decolonization’s Discontents: Unfinished Revolutions in the Age of Independence Elisabeth Leake (Tufts) Thurs 6 March 2025, London E1, followed by a reception DecolonizationsDiscontents.eventbrite.co.uk @qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social @emleake.bsky.social
- Join us to discuss William Cronin’s Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature and Caroline Merchant’s Science and Nature: Past, Present and Future 20 Jan Bloomsbury www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/46155/reading-group-environment-and-history-january qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
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- Interested in Dipesh Chakrabarty’s ‘The Climate of History in a Planetary Age’ or Katheryn Yusoff’s ‘A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None’ ? Environment and History reading group Starts 6 Dec, London Free & open to all www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @qmul.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
- Have you read Katheryn Yusoff’s 'A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None'? Or Dipesh Chakrabarty’s 'The Climate of History in a Planetary Age'? Come and discuss with us. Friday 6 Dec 3pm Birkbeck, London www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
- Have you read Katheryn Yusoff’s A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None? Or Dipesh Chakrabarty’s The Climate of History in a Planetary Age? Come and discuss with us. Friday 6 Dec 3pm Birkbeck, London www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
- CANCELLED: The Coal in Violence: How One Swedish Working-Class Writer Predicted Global Warming in 1928 (Andreas Malm), 7 November. We hope that this event will be rescheduled. Join our mailing list to get the latest information. www.bbk.ac.uk/research/cen...
- Only two weeks to go! The Coal in Violence: How One Swedish Working-Class Writer Predicted Global Warming in 1928 with Andreas Malm (author of ‘How to Blow Up A Pipeline’) 7 November, London Followed by a reception Book here CoalViolenceML24.eventbrite.co.uk Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2024
- Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture Andreas Malm traces intersecting paths of subaltern wilderness politics & early climate science in the Swedish movement of working-class literature The Coal in Violence 7 Nov, London CoalViolenceML24.eventbrite.co.uk @versobooks.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
- Newsflash, 1928! Swedish working-class novelist warns about climatic effects of large-scale coal combustion! Join us for the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2024 'The Coal in Violence', a lecture by Andreas Malm 7 November, Birkbeck, London. Book here CoalViolenceML24.eventbrite.co.uk
- The Coal in Violence: How One Swedish Working-Class Writer Predicted Global Warming in 1928 Come to Andreas Malm's public lecture 7 Nov, London. Followed by a reception. In person only Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2024 Free and open to all; booking essential CoalViolenceML24.eventbrite.co.uk
- How did a working-class writer predict global warming in 1928? Andreas Malm (How to Blow Up A Pipeline) discusses British histories of coal intertwined with Swedish working-class literature. 7 November, London, free and open to all CoalViolenceML24.eventbrite.co.uk @wrkclasshistory.bsky.social
- How did a working-class writer predict global warming in 1928? Andreas Malm (How to Blow Up A Pipeline) discusses British histories of coal intertwined with Swedish working-class literature 7 Nov, London, free CoalViolenceML24.eventbrite.co.uk @versobooks.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
- Andreas Malm will deliver the 2024 Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture Thursday 7 November, Birkbeck, University of London More information to follow soon @versobooks.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
- Call for Papers: British History Today (May 2025) What might a history of Britain and the world which speaks to the problems of our current world look like? What new histories need writing? What could be a renewed history of modern Britain? Cfp deadline 24/1/25 see projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/qmcbs
- What makes waste 'archaeological', and who has the authority to make such a decision? Join the discussion. Ancient and Modern Waste: Archaeological Knowledge Production in Contemporary Jerusalem 15 May, Bloomsbury Book here AncientModernWaste.eventbrite.co.uk
- Join Gilda Zazzara and Nico Pizzolato for a talk about 1970s Italian education experiments and their resonance with the History Workshops and Ruskin College. 17 April, 5.00pm, at Birkbeck, University of London. In person, followed by a reception. Book here ExperimentsWcEduc.eventbrite.co.uk
