History Events
Many of our seminars and lectures are also open to members of the public. If you would like to attend one of these groups, select Public from the Audiences filter below. For past events, please visit our events archive.
History Department Brown Bag Research Seminar, William Garbett, Title TBC
BLN - Bowland Nth SR 11 | Tuesday 6 May 2025, 1:10pm to 2:00pm
The History Department's Brown Bag Research Seminars provide an informal environment in which staff and postgraduate students can talk about their current research. All are welcome.
Lorenzo Caravaggi, 'Papal Elections in the Middle Ages': Lancaster University Society of History (LUSH)
BLN - Marcus Merriman LT | Tuesday 6 May 2025, 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Dr Lorenzo Caravaggi, Lecturer in Medieval History, is giving a talk to the Lancaster Student History Society.
Nanjing Project Volume 5 - Work in Progress Showing
GHC - Jack Hylton Room | Thursday 8 May 2025, 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Work-in-progress performance about Nanjing Massacre. Collaboration between Lancaster University's Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts and Tokyo-based theatre company Kamome Machine.
History Department Research Seminar, Professor Jason Peacey (UCL), 'Dissident dilemmas: subjects, citizens and Anglo-Dutch diplomacy in the Seventeenth Century'
LIC - LICA A05 | Thursday 8 May 2025, 5:00pm to 6:30pm
The History Department hosts seminars allowing visiting speakers to present their current research.
WORKSHOP - Led by Lauren Tilton & Taylor Arnold, University of Richmond
CHC - Charles Carter A15 | Tuesday 20 May 2025, 10:00am to 12:00pm
This workshop will focus on DV Explorer (distantviewing.org/dvexplorer), which introduces the ways computer vision and related-AI technologies can support the analysis of images
LECTURE: Distant Viewing and the Multimodal Turn
Lancaster University Management School Lecture Theatre 3 | Wednesday 21 May 2025, 3:15pm to 5:00pm
How do computers view? How can we harness AI to view images at scale?
The Second World War and the North West
Lancaster University Library Exhibition Space | Saturday 24 May 2025, 9:00am to 4:15pm
May 2025 marks the 80th Anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Join us for a collaborative study day between the Regional Heritage Centre and Lancaster Military Heritage Group exploring the experiences, impacts and legacies of the conflict in the North West.
Regional Heritage Centre Visit to Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire
Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire | Friday 20 June 2025, 1:15am to 3:00pm
RHC Richmond Castle Visit