Europe in the Pub
europeinthepub.bsky.social
Europe in the Pub
@europeinthepub.bsky.social
Public talks on the culture, history and politics of Europe (including Britain) organised through Languages & Cultures at Sheffield Hallam.
Next Monday (rescheduled from last month) we have Joel Mayfield from @unitetheunion.bsky.social talking about the ongoing strike at the Sheffield Veolia plant, which has now outlasted the Miners' Strike of 1984-85.

Monday 27th October, 7:30pm, The Museum on Orchard Square, all welcome!
October 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Ok maybe "next month" would have been more accurate
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Next Monday (rescheduled from last month) we have Joel Mayfield from @unitetheunion.bsky.social talking about the ongoing strike at the Sheffield Veolia plant, which has now outlasted the Miners' Strike of 1984-85.

Monday 27th October, 7:30pm, The Museum on Orchard Square, all welcome!
October 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This month we have Joel Mayfield from @unitetheunion.bsky.social talking about the ongoing strike at the Sheffield Veolia plant, which has now outlasted the Miners' Strike of 1984-85.

Monday 29th September, 7:30pm, The Museum, all welcome!
September 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Also coming up: megaliths in folk horror, migrant exploitation in the care industry, and AI.
September 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Slight change to booking: we're downstairs this evening
August 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This month, a week earlier than normal, Europe in the Pub has Harriet Earle on Whose war is it anyway? Vietnam, the US and France in conflict... and comics!

Monday 18th August, 7:30pm, The Museum. Come along, and bring friends.
August 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Apologies for erroneously putting the date as the 25th in previous communications. This was due to a half-witted oaf forgetting the August Bank Holiday.
August 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"Where are the Vietnamese in American comics of the war? Are they capable warriors or childlike naifs? Are they monstrous or are they simply missing?"
August 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"not often, and not always favourably portrayed. But the war in Vietnam did not belong to either countries; it belongs to Vietnam. After all, in Vietnam, the war is known as Kháng chiến chống Mỹ ('Resistance War against America'). Okay, enough word play.
August 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Harriet says:
"We all know the image of the American soldier, fresh from jungle combat with a wild stare. He's the staple of Vietnam War pop culture created by the war's losers - the USA. In film and comics, the yank is a mainstay. Sometimes, we also see the French -
August 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This month the University of Sheffield's Guy Cowman-Sharpe will give us the latest on the US tariff situation. Also coming up this year: Vietnam war comics, early Zionism and folk horror.

Monday 28th July, 7:30pm, The Museum, all welcome!
July 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This month (a week early) we have Anya Louis, Professor of Transnational Popular Culture from Sheffield Hallam talking about Cultural Intelligence in a Globalised World.

Monday 23rd June, usual time and place of 7:30pm at The Museum on Orchard Square. All welcome!
June 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Anya says: "CQ, measures capability to work effectively in diverse situations. CQ predicts readiness for relating effectively with people from different backgrounds. In this interactive session we investigate how you acquire CQ and what happens if you don’t bother!"
June 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
From Monday's Europe in the Pub, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Sheffield and Bochum twinning. Let's hope some savvy archivist finds this photo for the 100th. Speakers from @sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social and @sheffielduni.bsky.social, plus guests from @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This month join us,
@sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social and the @sheffielduni.bsky.social German department for the 75th anniversary celebrations of Sheffield twinning with Bochum, Germany

Week earlier than usual on Monday 19th, but same start time of 7:30pm and same location: The Museum, Orchard Square
May 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This month: Chris Hall on the translation and adaptation of Georges Perec's Un Homme qui dort.

28th April, 7:30pm, The Museum, Orchard Square
April 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM