History, Religions and Philosophies Events
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2018
November
14/11/18
14/11/18
- Zoroastrian Studies and the question of Orality
Professor Philip G.Kreyenbroek (Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies, Georg-August University Göttingen)
28/11/18
- Child Slavery and Changing Conceptions of Girlhood in Republican China
Isabella Jackson, Trinity College Dublin/SOAS
December
03/12/18
- The Problem of Discipline: ‘Shanghai’s Child Labor Problem,’ 1922-1925
Margaret Tillman (Purdue University)
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This seminar will examine efforts to abolish child labor, not only to benefit the working class, but also to modernize the Chinese economy by enforcing industrial discipline. While scholars have noted some of the political reasons for the failures of child labor legislation, this seminar will attempt to conclude by placing these efforts in a longer-term historical perspective regarding social welfare movements.
05/12/18
- Secondary Education and Social Change in the UK since 1945
Chris Jeppesen, Cambridge University
08/12/18
- Mindfulness in Public Discourse
Jamie Bristow, Dan Nixon, Dr Joanna Cook, Rachel Lilley, Vishvapani Blomfield, Dr Alison Armstrong, Byron Lee, Dr Steven Stanley