New Histories of Love and Romance Conference

May 25, 2012 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

New Histories of Love and Romance, c.1880-1960

Unlike the broader histories of emotions and of sexuality, scholarship on the history of love is still at a nascent stage. Evolutionary and psychoanalytic models frequently posit romantic love as universal and transhistorical. And yet there is an acknowledgment within most histories of the ‘long twentieth century’ that the institutions often associated with love (such as marriage and family life) as well as sexual mores and social and cultural manifestations have profoundly shifted during the period.

Public Lecture: Eggs in a Pan: the emergence of youth policy in Europe

May 15, 2012 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Eggs in a Pan: the emergence of youth policy in Europe

The inaugural professorial lecture of Professor Howard Williamson, CBE, Faculty of Business and Society.

Public Lecture: Preparing today’s Disaster Healthcare Professionals

April 17, 2012 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Preparing today’s Disaster Healthcare Professionals: Informing practice by learning lessons from the lived experience

The inaugural professorial lecture of Professor Kevin Davies, RRC,TD, PhD, MA, RN, Cert Ed, MCGLI from the Faculty of Health, Sport & Science.