Department: Rothermere American Institute
Talks:

Tuesday 26 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

John Reed, Edgar Snow, Herbert Matthews, and the Question of Journalistic Truth
Date: 26 November 2024, 16:00 - 17:30 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Simon Hall (Leeds)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Organiser: Stephen Tuffnell (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 27 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Present and Future of US Politics: Shifting Voter Allegiances
Date: 27 November 2024, 12:30 - 13:45 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Richard Johnson (Queen Mary, University of London)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room
Organisers: Adam Smith (Oxford), Daniel Rowe (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 29 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

A Liberal Utopia III
Date: 29 November 2024, 11:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
Venue Details: Rothermere American Institute, Seminar Room 2
Organiser: Ming Kit Wong (Magdalen College)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 3 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Testimonies of Emotion: Enslaved People's Emotional Lives in the Antebellum US South
Date: 3 December 2024, 16:00 - 17:30 (Tuesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Beth Wilson (Oxford)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 4 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Present and Future of US Politics: Conservatism
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 4 December 2024, 12:30 - 13:30 (Wednesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Professor Desmond Kind (University of Oxford), Gillian Peele (University of Oxford)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Venue Details: Main Seminar Room
Organisers: Adam Smith (Oxford), Daniel Rowe (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Criticism and Conclusion
Date: 6 December 2024, 10:00 - 12:00 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
Venue Details: Rothermere American Institute, Seminar Room 2
Organiser: Ming Kit Wong (Magdalen College)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 January 2025 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Morale: A Revolutionary Idea?
Date: 21 January 2025, 16:00 - 17:30 (Tuesday, 1st week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Krysten Blackstone (Salford)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Organiser: Stephen Tuffnell (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 January 2025 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Anishinaabe Albion: Indigenous Diplomacy, Performance, and Resistance in the British Isles
Date: 28 January 2025, 16:00 - 17:30 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : John Bird (Oxford)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Organiser: Stephen Tuffnell (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 February 2025 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

"Harlem Interdit": Paris-Match and European Uses of Harlem, c.1964-c.1975
Date: 4 February 2025, 16:00 - 17:30 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Andrew Fearnley (Manchester)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Organiser: Stephen Tuffnell (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 February 2025 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Glow Boys: Temporary Workers and the Making of Atomic Capitalism
Date: 11 February 2025, 16:00 - 17:30 (Tuesday, 4th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Tom Bishop (Lincoln)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Organiser: Stephen Tuffnell (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 February 2025 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Rediscovering James W.C. Pennington, Black Reformed Minister and Activist
Date: 25 February 2025, 16:00 - 17:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Jan Stievermann (Heidelberg)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Organiser: Stephen Tuffnell (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 March 2025 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

The Cost of Sympathy: Perceptions of Suffering in the New York City Draft Riots
Date: 4 March 2025, 16:00 - 17:30 (Tuesday, 7th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Joanna Cohen (Queen Mary)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Organiser: Stephen Tuffnell (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 March 2025 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

Black American leisure time 20th century
Date: 11 March 2025, 16:00 - 17:30 (Tuesday, 8th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Tiffany M Gill (Rutgers)
Venue: Rothermere American Institute, 1A South Parks Road OX1 3UB
Organiser: Stephen Tuffnell (Oxford)
Hosts: TBA