The Open University invites you to a new series of free online talks showcasing the ground-breaking research being carried out by PhD students in the School of Arts and Humanities as part of the Next Generation series by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.    

“The Bottom Line is Winning Elections” : Reflections on the History of the British Conservative Party.

As The Open University celebrates its 50th anniversary, Paul Lawrence, Professor of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, will deliver his inaugural lecture how a historical approach to criminal justice contributes to contemporary understandings of crime and justice.

The Centre for the History of Crime, Policing and Justice at The Open University will be hosting the next in its regular seminar series on Prisons: Courts & Police Stations in Historical Perspective. Eight papers will be presented.

Contested Commemorations: Reflections on the centenary of the First World War, 2013-2019.

For many people looking on, France’s descent into violence illustrated the dangers of democratic and populist politics.

This talk will explain how Britain’s imperial attempts to manipulate Islam in the nineteenth century ultimately failed.

In this talk, Dr Richard Marsden will explore how changing ideas about the past have contributed to the unprecedented existential challenges now facing the British state.

This talk will consider whether relations between Tudor England and Europe in the sixteenth century can offer any lessons for remaking our relationship with Europe in the twenty-first.

When the European Community was set up in 1958, Britain declined to join. By 1961, however, the British Government had completely reversed that position.