Abstract

The first talk in a new series ‘Lectures in the Humanities’ hosted by the Cambridge Humanities Review, Professor of Modern Cultural History Peter Mandler will speak on his recent research on the history of universities and the effects of state patronage on humanities research, a talk which will be of interest across the humanities. Professor Mandler writes on the political, social, cultural and intellectual history of Britain since 1800. His most recent publication is Return from the Natives: How Margaret Mead Won the Second World War and Lost the Cold War (Yale, 2013).

£5 year annual subscriptions to the CHR magazine will be available to purchase, with a limited number of London Review of Books book bags and a poster illustrated map of Cambridge (see pictures below under ‘CHR at 2014 Freshers Fair’ item on this news page) available to those who buy a subscription on the day.