The Sheffield Lectures


The Sheffield lectures are high profile events on historical topics with broad appeal across different disciplines, intended to stimulate interdisciplinary debate. The 2010 Sheffield lectures will be held as follows:

  • Tuesday 23rd February, 2010 (4:15), Jessop West Exhibition Space, 1 Upper Hanover Street
    Professor Peter Burke (Professor Emeritus of Cultural History, University of Cambridge)

    'The Rise and Fall of the Polymath, 1500-2000'

  • Wednesday 3rd March, 2010 (4:15), The Humanities Research Institute - Douglas knoop Centre, 34 Gell Street
    Professor Quentin Skinner (Barber Beaumont Professor of the Humanities, Queen Mary, London)

    'A Genealogy of Liberty'

Both of the talks above will be followed by a reception, so if you would like to attend either (or both) of these lectures, please let us know for catering purposes at arts.faculty@shef.ac.uk


20 January 10