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Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture

Each year, the Centre organises a memorial lecture in honour of the late Raphael Samuel. The next lecture will be advertised through our聽event listings.听

PAST LECTURES

  • 2026

    • Professor Sandrine Kott, 'Anti-Fascist Internationalism and the United Nations: A Better World for All (1942鈥1970s)'

  • 2025

    • Professor Julia Laite, 'British History from the Middle of Nowhere'

  • 2023

    • Professor David Herd, 鈥榃alking Against the Expulsive Environment: Refugee Tales and the Politics of Welcome鈥
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  • 2022

    • Professor Corinne Fowler, 鈥楢pproaching British Colonial History During the Culture War'
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  • 2021

    • Professor Hazel Carby (Charles C. And Dorathea S. Dilley Professor Emeritus of African American Studies, Professor Emeritus of American Studies, Yale University), 'Imperial Sexual Economies鈥. Held online.听
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  • 2019

    • Yasmin Khan, 'Women on the Frontline of Empire: A Feminist History of the Second World War'
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  • 2017

    • Peter Burke, 'Two Diasporas: The Place of Exiles in the History of Knowledge'

  • 2016

    • Alison Light, 鈥楤etween Private and Public: Writing a Memoir about Raphael and Myself鈥

  • 2015

    • Sally Alexander, 鈥楽ocial Democracy鈥檚 Super-Ego? The Politics of Motherhood in Mid Twentieth Century Britain'

  • 2014

    • Tariq Ali, 鈥榃orld Wars and Historical Memory鈥

  • 2013

    • Anna Davin, 鈥楪alway to New Zealand: A Family Migration Story鈥

  • 2012

    • Alun Howkins, 鈥橳he Use and Abuse of English Commons, 1845-1900鈥

  • 2011

    • Alessandro Portelli, 鈥楾heatres of Memory, Memory as Theatre鈥

  • 2010

    • Juliet Gardiner, 鈥楽earching for the Gleam: The Quest for a New Order in 1930s Britain鈥

  • 2009

    • Jeffrey Weeks, 鈥楳aking the Human Gesture: History, Sexuality and Social Justice鈥

  • 2008

    • Jerry White, 鈥楶ain and Degradation in Georgian London: Life in the Marshalsea Prison鈥

  • 2007

    • Annette Kuhn, 鈥楪oing to the Pictures: Cinema-going in Twentieth Century Britain鈥

  • 2006

    • Gareth Stedman Jones, 鈥楾he Redemptive Powers of Violence? Carlyle, Dickens and Marx on the Legacy of the French Revolution鈥, published as 鈥楾he Redemptive Power of Violence? Carlyle, Marx and Dickens鈥,聽History Workshop Journal, 65 (2008), pp. 1-22. Delivered at the Raphael Samuel Memorial event.

  • 2005

    • Janet Nelson, 鈥極rganic Intellectuals in Dark Age Europe鈥

  • 2004

    • Stuart Hall, 鈥楤lack Diaspora Artists, Past and Present鈥, published as 鈥楤lack Diaspora Artists in Britain: Three 鈥淢oments鈥 in Post-war History鈥,聽History Workshop Journal, 61 (2006), pp. 1-24.

  • 2003

    • Bill Schwarz, 鈥楥aribbean Stories and the Predicament of History鈥, published as 鈥楴ot Even Past Yet鈥,聽History Workshop Journal, 57 (2004), pp. 101-15.

  • 2002

    • Chris Bayley, 鈥楢 Dying Colonial Metropolis: Yangoon (Rangoon), 1939-49鈥

  • 2001

    • Roy Porter, 鈥楲ondon and the English Enlightenment鈥

  • 2000

    • Carlo Ginzburg. 鈥榊our Country Needs You鈥. A Case Study in Political Iconography

  • 1999

    • Richard Sennett, 鈥榃elfare after the Welfare State鈥

  • 1998

    • Judith Walkowitz, 鈥楢liens and the City鈥

The Raphael Samuel History Centre is supported by a two-way partnership between 糖心logo入口, University of London and , and is part-funded by History Workshop.