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Freedom Song: The Fisk Jubilee Singers' Story

A choir of ex-slaves, raising funds to build their University, toured America from 1871, suffering discrimination and hardship.

The Mathematical World of C. L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)

This illustrated lecture and book launch will attempt to answer these questions by outlining his mathematical life, labours and legacy in the context of Victorian Oxford.

Slavery, Memory and Reparations

This talk will examine how the history and memory of enslavement shaped questions of identity and citizenship in Europe.

Sir Joseph Bazalgette (1819-1891) And the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis

The illustrated lecture will examine Bazalgette’s achievement and the work involved in building this latest addition to it.

Gothic London: Recreating the Ancient City on Screen

The earliest London-made films showed the Victorian city doing everyday business, before its fictional screen image became increasingly shadowy and sinister.

Did Prison Change Mandela?

Prof. Elleke Boehmer explores how prison did or did not...

Nelson Mandela in the 21st Century

To mark the 100th anniversary of his birth, the legacy of Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), first president of democratic South Africa, will be considered - both within his country and in the wider world.

Votes for Women: A Centenary Celebration

The campaign to achieve the parliamentary vote for women (6 February 1918) took 52 years, from 1866 to 1918. During that time women and their male supporters employed both parliamentary and extra-parliamentary tactics, ranging from the presentation of petitions to the detonation of bombs.

From Mr Pickwick to Tiny Tim - Charles Dickens and Medicine

Charles Dickens's expert eye for detail enabled him to describe many medical conditions in his writings. Dickens also suffered with a number of medical conditions which will be discussed in detail during the lecture.

The Gospel of Apartheid

South Africa’s Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) and the Afrikaner people it served had, since the 17th century drawn a distinction between white ‘Christians’ and the apparently unconvertible ‘heathen’ peoples around them. Theology legitimised apartheid, but was also instrumental in its end.

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