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Department of History

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2026 events

The Steppe and Its Empires: The Russian Empire and Its Eurasian Counterparts

Tuesday 12 May 2026 6pm

A broad comparative study that highlights the importance of the Eurasian steppe and its impact on the arc of Russian history

Writing the history of homelessness in Britain in the age of the ‘welfare state’

Thursday 7 May 2026 12.30pm

A new interdisciplinary forum for historians, social scientists and all researchers working on Modern Britain.

It was so far from a colonial relationship.

Wednesday 6 May 2026 1pm

Join us for research seminars hosted by the Department of History with a selection of visiting academics, alongside University of York researchers. All students and staff are very welcome.

Reputation Management: Clerics, Women, and the Household in the Early Middle Ages

Wednesday 29 April 2026 5.30pm

Join us for research seminars hosted by the Department of History with a selection of visiting academics, alongside University of York researchers. All students and staff are very welcome.

Cannibals, Curiosities or Catholics? Indigenous peoples in early seventeenth-century France

Wednesday 15 April 2026 5.30pm

Join us for research seminars hosted by the Department of History with a selection of visiting academics, alongside University of York researchers. All students and staff are very welcome.

A Golden World: Material Culture & Indigenous Knowledge in Early Modern England

Wednesday 18 March 2026 1pm

Join us for research seminars hosted by the Department of History with a selection of visiting academics, alongside University of York researchers. All students and staff are very welcome.

Gender and Family for the Eugenic Sterilisation in Japan after World War II

Wednesday 4 March 2026 5.30pm

Join us for research seminars hosted by the Department of History with a selection of visiting academics, alongside University of York researchers. All students and staff are very welcome.

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