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  • Christmas under Cromwell

    by Dr Rachel Foxley In modern Britain – in spite of what some of the papers sometimes say – you would have to look quite hard to find anyone who made no concessions at all to Christmas. Many people without… Continue reading

    Christmas under Cromwell
  • Christmas 2015: A Pre-Modern Christmas

    This year the Department of History’s seasonal theme is ‘A Pre-Modern Christmas’. The halls have been deced in the department and we have a caption competition for our students running at the moment.  The competiton is based on Pieter Bruegel… Continue reading

    Christmas 2015: A Pre-Modern Christmas
  • Suffregette: ‘Film and Fact’

    This Thursday Reaing Film Theatre are showing the film Suffregette (2015), 8-10pm Palmer Building. To mark the screening we are reposting Dr Jacqui Turner‘s excellent blog post from October ‘Suffregette…but what happened next?’ – enjoy! *please note small editorial changes… Continue reading

    Suffregette: ‘Film and Fact’
  • Seminar in Global History

    10th February 2016, 5pm, Henley Business School S G15 In February Dr Miles Larmer (University of Oxford) will be speaking on ‘Localising Africa’s Cold War: The Katangese Gendarmes and Conflict in Central Africa, 1960-1978’. Miles’ research focuses on political and… Continue reading

    Seminar in Global History
  • Insight Day for Part 1 students interested in Careers in Law

    The end of the first term of your degree course is not too soon to start exploring graduate career options! Here is a special opportunity: Macfarlanes are offering an insight day for first year students of any three year undergraduate… Continue reading