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The Department of History was delighted to host an inter-disciplinary symposium in November 2010 called "Liberty and its Histories". It was inspired by the work of Prof. Quentin Skinner, and Prof. Skinner attended as the guest speaker and commentator.

The symposium was co-organised by Dr Stephen Pumfrey (Lancaster University) and Dr Neil Foxlee (Univeristy of Central Lancaster). Any enquiries should be emailed to me, Stephen Pumfrey at: s.pumfrey AT lancaster.ac.uk.

Symposium Programme

Liberty in England - a long view.

Dr Stephen Pumfrey (History, Lancaster), "Discourses of liberty in England, 1470-1700: some conclusions from corpus linguistics"

Prof. David Sugarman (Law, Lancaster), "'A Hatred of Disorder'. Legal Science and Liberty in England, c. 1850-1970."

The Early Modern Context

Prof. Naomi Tadmor (History, Lancaster), "Biblical polities."

Prof. Harro Hopfl (Accounting, Essex).

Political discourses in England and representations in the arts.

Prof. Alison Findlay (English, Lancaster), "'What art thou, thou idol ceremony?' Ceremony and political discourse in Shakespeare."

Dr Kamilla Elliot (English, Lancaster), "Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine and the Portraiture of Politics".

Liberty: places and methods of study.

Dr Sarah Barber (History, Lancaster), "Liberty in the Caribbean: licence plus intemperance".

Dr Neil Foxlee, (English Language and Linguistics, Central Lancashire), "Bridging the Differences: The Bakhtin Circle, Begriffsgeschichte and the 'Cambridge School'."

Guest Speaker

Prof. Quentin Skinner (History, Queen Mary University of London), "The Genealogy of Liberty".


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News and Events Menu Forthcoming Events Events Archive All FASS Events News News Archive All FASS News	Liberty and its Histories: a symposium with Quentin Skinner Date: 11 November 2010 The Department of History was delighted to host an inter-disciplinary symposium in November 2010 called "Liberty and its Histories". It was inspired by the work of Prof. Quentin Skinner, and Prof. Skinner attended as the guest speaker and commentator. There wereseven papers, and the programme is reproduced below. Prof. Skinner consented to his lecture being video-ed. You can see it at this url: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/history/events/skinner_video.htm The symposium was co-organised by Dr Stephen Pumfrey (Lancaster University) and Dr Neil Foxlee (Univeristy of Central Lancaster). Any enquiries should be emailed to me, Stephen Pumfrey at: s.pumfrey AT lancaster.ac.uk. Symposium Programme Liberty in England - a long view. Dr Stephen Pumfrey (History, Lancaster), "Discourses of liberty in England, 1470-1700: some conclusions from corpus linguistics" Prof. David Sugarman (Law, Lancaster), "'A Hatred of Disorder'. Legal Science and Liberty in England, c. 1850-1970." The Early Modern Context Prof. Naomi Tadmor (History, Lancaster), "Biblical polities." Prof. Harro Hopfl (Accounting, Essex). Political discourses in England and representations in the arts. Prof. Alison Findlay (English, Lancaster), "'What art thou, thou idol ceremony?' Ceremony and political discourse in Shakespeare." Dr Kamilla Elliot (English, Lancaster), "Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine and the Portraiture of Politics". Liberty: places and methods of study. Dr Sarah Barber (History, Lancaster), "Liberty in the Caribbean: licence plus intemperance". *Dr Neil Foxlee, (English Language and Linguistics, Central Lancashire), "Bridging the Differences: The Bakhtin Circle, Begriffsgeschichte* and the 'Cambridge School'." Guest Speaker Prof. Quentin Skinner (History, Queen Mary University of London), "The Genealogy of Liberty". The symposium was co-organised by Dr Stephen Pumfrey (Lancaster University) and Dr Neil Foxlee (Univeristy of Central Lancaster). Any enquiries should be emailed to me, Stephen Pumfrey at: s.pumfrey AT lancaster.ac.uk. News website: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/history/events/skinner_video.htm Further information Associated departments and research centres:** History «Back
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