This study day is directed towards postgraduate (Master's and doctoral) students who wish to look at current historical theory and the ways in which theory can be used in producing historical research. It is made up of a series of interactive workshops in which academics from Roehampton introduce theoretical ideas which have influenced their own historical work and explore the ways in which these ideas can be deployed in writing dissertations, articles and books. The focus of the day will very much be on the practical value of theory and there will be ample opportunities for students to reflect on and discuss the role of theory in their own work.

The Venue: Howard 103, Department of Humanities, Roehampton University, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5PJ

Programme
10.0-10.30 - Registration
10.30 – 11.15: John Tosh: 'Paradigms for the perplexed' – How historians handle explanatory theories
11.15 – 12.15: Krisztina Robert: ‘The spatial turn’ - How spatial theory and analysis can be used in historical research
12.15 – 1.15: Lunch
1.15 – 2. 0: Susan Deacy and Fiona McHardy: ‘New approaches to the history of violence’ – with a special focus on ancient Greece
2.0-2.45: Sara Pennell: ‘History and material culture’: Looking at the way in which theoretical ideas have migrated to History from Archaeology and Anthropology
2.45-3.30: Carrie Hamilton: ‘History and intersectionality’ – drawing on theory from feminism and critical race theory
3.30-4.0: Tea
4.0-5.0: Round table on ‘Historiography and Historical theory now’ led by Antonio Cartolano

Lunch will be available from the university cafés, or you are welcome to bring your own.

The event is free. You can register by going to www.history.ac.uk/historylab