The Practice of History

THE PRACTICE OF HISTORY   Interdisciplinary workshop, The University of Sheffield, 7th November 2014   As part of a project on the relation between historical and aesthetic understanding, the University of Sheffield is hosting a one day workshop exploring the nature of historical understanding. The programme is as follows:

• 10:30  Coffee
• 11:00-11.15 Robert Hopkins (NYU) -- 'Introduction'
• 11.15-12:15  Benjamin Ziemann (Sheffield)--"Understanding Secularization. The Case of the West German Catholic Church 1945-1975"
• 12:30-1:30  Phil Withington (Sheffield)--"Social History and the Challenge of Historicism"
• 1:30-2:30  Lunch
• 2:30-3:30  Lynn Nead (Birkbeck)--"Towards a History of Visual Atmosphere"
• 3:30-4:00  Coffee
• 4.00-5.00  Quentin Skinner (Queen Mary University of London)--"Belief, Action and Interpretation"
• 5.00-6.00 General Discussion

  Registration is free and open to all, but places are limited, so if you would like to attend please email Kim Redgrave ([email protected]) as soon as possible, who will confirm availability. The venue for the workshop is Jessop West Exhibition Space, University of Sheffield, 1 Upper Hanover Street, Sheffield, S3 7RA, UK https://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=212378399459358679019.0004b656ebcb6ab2fd84e&dg=feature   For more on the project, see http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/courses/varietiesofunderstanding2014/ For details of the workshop see