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Life after the PhD

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Dates

This is a past event
Time
11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location

Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

Institute

Institute of Historical Research

Event type

Seminar

Event series

History Lab

Contact

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An Early-Career and PGR event by History Lab and History Lab Plus


History Lab Plus (for early-career historians) and History Lab (for postgraduate historians) are pleased to invite you to ‘Life after the PhD’, a collaborative event taking place at the Institute of Historical Research (Senate House, London) on Saturday 13th April 2024. The event will spotlight personal experiences – the joys and challenges – of postdoc life, the diversity of pathways available, and ways to understand the UK’s Higher-Education landscape, for PhD students looking forward and early-career historians finding their way post-viva.

The morning session will comprise of presentations from recent History PhD graduates on their ‘Post-PhD Pathways’, followed by a panel discussion. The afternoon session is a debate on ‘Higher Education Today’ with key stakeholders in the Higher-Education sector, chaired by Professor Claire Langhamer, Director of the Institute of Historical Research.

Programme

11:00-11:20 Registration

11:20-11:30 Welcome

11:30-13:00 Session 1 | Post-PhD Pathways 

13:00-14:15 LUNCH

14:15-15:45  Session 2 | Higher Education Today: The Debate 

15:45-17:00  Conference close

Download the event programme now.

All welcome

- this seminar is free to attend but booking in advance is required.

This page was last updated on 30 June 2024