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Academic year 2025-26
Convenors
Miles Taylor (Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany)
Ku-ming (Kevin) Chang (Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan)
Heike Jöns (Loughborough University, United Kingdom)
in collaboration with the International Commission for the History of Universities (ICHU)
Timing
Usually Wednesdays, about monthly, mostly 2.00-3.30 pm (UK time: GMT/UTC+0 or BST/UTC+1), online via Zoom
Contact email
historyofuniversities@gmail.com
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
2 pm (GMT/UTC+0)
Manchester Minds: A University History of Ideas (2024)
Stuart Jones (University of Manchester) | Abstract
Wednesday, 3 December 2025
2 pm (GMT/UTC+0)
‘Angellier’. Anglophone studies in Lille from the creation of the University of Lille (1895) to its recreation (2017)
Philippe Vervaecke (University of Lille) | Abstract | Powerpoint presentation
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
2 pm (GMT/UTC+0)
University archives: a roundtable discussion
Robin Darwall-Smith (University of Oxford & International Commission for the History of Universities)
Alan Hughes (Cardiff University)
Rachel Hosker (University of Edinburgh)
Nick Richbell (Clemson University, South Carolina & College and University Archives Section, Society of American Archivists)
Lisa-Frederike Seidler (Freie Universität Berlin)
Wednesday, 6 May 2026
1.30 pm (BST/UTC+1)
Postcolonial cultural diplomacy: the British Council and the universities in India, 1947-1964
Alice Byrne (Aix Marseille University)
Wednesday, 3 June 2026
2 pm (BST/UTC+1)
