American History Research Seminar

The seminar welcomes speakers at all career levels to showcase the latest research in American history. These seminars are a mix of paper presentations, and pre-circulated papers that are shared in advance and discussed in the seminar.

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Seminars will be held in person on Tuesdays at 16:00-17:30, at the Rothermere American Institute (unless otherwise stated).

For enquiries please contact: mailto:enquiries@rai.ox.ac.uk
Type: Seminar Series
Series organiser: Stephen Tuffnell (Oxford)
Timing: Tuesdays at 16:00-17:30
Web Address: https://www.rai.ox.ac.uk/
Organising 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

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

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

Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark, Hannah Greiving