The Northern Network for the Study of the Crusades will hold its 7th Annual Symposium at MMU on 16th December 2024. The event will comprise research papers, a postgraduate workshop on ‘Writing Military History’, and a keynote lecture by Prof. John France, of Swansea University. To register for the symposium, use this link: Northern Network for […]

We invite proposals from Early Career Researchers for a workshop on ‘Histories and Cultures of Conflict’.  Papers should concern histories of, or historical approaches to, conflict broadly defined, from warfare to civil disorder and political violence, from the ancient to the modern period.     Papers may speak to the research specialisms of the group: Proposals […]

UPDATE 13 12 24: A conference website with more details - including how to register - is accessible here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/royal-armouries-conference-2025-tickets-1101156581979 This conference seeks to bring to bear on the topic the widest rangepossible of thematic, disciplinary, geographical and chronologicalperspectives. Its goal is to disentangle specific manifestations of lootingfrom their fundamental, underlying, anthropological motivations,allowing us to […]

Dr Tom HamiltonAssociate Professor (Early Modern European History)Thursday 8 May 2025, time 3pm (TBC), Geoffrey Manton Building, MMU, LT6 We are delighted to announced that Dr Tom Hamilton will deliver HaCC's annual lecture in 2025. The paper explores how a dramatic trial for rape, homicide, and theft contributed to a wider struggle for justice and […]

The Histories and Cultures of Conflict (HaCC) research group at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, invites proposals for a conference on aftermaths of conflict and violence, from the ancient to the contemporary period.  2025 will see the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.  This occasion invites reflection on how individuals and societies […]