Department of International History, LSE

Join us on Thursday 6 March as we host Prof Shawn McHale who delivers his seminar "Learning the Wrong Lessons About Pacification: The First Indochina War, 1945-54". What if our understanding of "modern" counter-insurgency is all wrong? This talk, based on extensive research in Cambodian, French, and Vietnamese archives and libraries, focuses on a neglected part of the First Indochina War (1945-54), the struggle for the southern Vietnamese countryside. Full events details and registration HERE: https://lnkd.in/e7z8SyuZ #events #LSE #history #international #China #vietnam #Cambodia #indochinawar

Join us on 20 March for the 2025 Stevenson Chair Induction seminar. The Stevenson Chair was established at the LSE in 1932 to promote history without national bias. The Chair became the nucleus of the LSE Department of International History, and its holders championed the discipline of international relations both in Britain and overseas. In his inaugural lecture as the next holder, Professor Vladislav M. Zubok will speak on main challenges for the discipline of international history in the years after the end of the Cold War and reflect on what might be a new focus of this history in the world of globalization and renewed power politics. Full event details and registration here: https://lnkd.in/giwNUCFm #history #LSE #coldwar #events

On Friday lunchtime, Dr Alex Mayhew will be giving a public lecture at the National Army Museum London. He will discuss the ways in which First World War soldiers navigated the crises that confronted them and crafted meaningful narratives about their service. Sign up below.’ Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/eDq9Q8za You can read more about this in Dr. Mayhew’s recent book 'Making Sense of the Great War'. It is due to be released in paperback in the coming months.’ Link: https://lnkd.in/e6grdZfe #nationalarmymuseumlondon #LSE #history #WW1 #events

Are you an undergraduate in your final year? Take 10 minutes to give us your feedback in the National Student Survey! Complete the NSS by Wednesday 30 April to ensure you let us know about your experience at LSE and in our department. This helps us to continue to enhance the student experience for future generations of students in our department, and at LSE. You’ll also be entered into the chance to win a top cash prize of £500, and two runner-up prizes of £250 and five of £100. Complete the survey by 30 April: https://lnkd.in/gKYH5mW

Yesterday, Dr Alex Mayhew took students from the course HY120 on an archive visit to the National Army Museum. Justin Saddington, one of the NAM’s curators, kindly showed us around their archive and introduced the students to some of the challenges of interpreting the fascinating materials in their collection. Always great to see students engaging with their studies outside the class room! #archives #history #LSE #students #studenttrips #museum #nationalarmymuseumlondon #NationalArmyMuseum

If you missed an event of ours, you can catch up by visiting the "Podcasts" section on our website: https://lnkd.in/dvhRp3e Recently added was the the annual Gerda Henkel Foundation Visiting Professorship Lecture which we co-host with the German Historical Institute London (GHIL). Last November we saw Prof Paul Nolte deliver his talk "Contested Spaces, Geo-Interventions, and the Search for Order". This is now available to watch on our website. #podcast #history #LSE

Dr David Motadel has published an article in The Guardian! Dr Motadel's piece "Are we at the turning point in world history" discusses how Political leaders increasingly caution that we are facing a historical ‘inflection point’. Among historians however, the idea of turning points is contested. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/eDm9UAPu #LSE #TheGuardian #history

Dr Ron Po will be giving a talk at Cambridge this Thursday for the China Research Seminar Series. The lecture, entitled “From Sea to Splendour: Shark Fin and the Rise of Marine Luxuries in Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century China,” is open to all. Please feel free to attend if you're in the area and help spread the word. You can find full event details here: https://lnkd.in/eUcPVh94 #events #China #history #cambridge #LSE

The Undergrad Survey is now LIVE! Find the survey HERE: https://lnkd.in/dz-qPQY If you're in your first or second year (or the third year of a four-year programme) you're eligible take the Undergraduate Survey from 27 January – 6 April. It takes 10 minutes to complete and you could win one of 11 prizes from £100-£500! Use your voice and take part in the Undergrad Survey to make a real difference to your student experience.

Check out our new blog post, "To the victor go the spoils: Analysing Trump-era foreign policy as an antebellum project." You can read the post HERE: https://lnkd.in/e3NZVezq This piece was written by Joss Harrison and edited by Jack Roush (editor of the blog, and current PhD student in our Department). In his piece, Joss draws parallels between the Trump administration’s expansionist ambitions—such as proposals to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal—and American foreign policy in the post-Civil War period. He argues that, like Reconstruction-era leaders, the current administration views itself as the victor of an internal struggle, emboldening it to pursue new territorial gains. #blog #history #LSE