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  • Nancy Astor: Art in Parliament

    We are very pleased to announce that Dr Jacqui Turner’s work for Parliament on the installation of the Nancy Astor bust, in association with Vote100, is completed. Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, was elected to Parliament on 15 November 1919. She took her… Continue reading

    Nancy Astor: Art in Parliament
  • Congress to Campus, 29th February 2016: Programme

    The Department of History will be hosting ‘Congress to Campus’ event on Monday 29th February 2016.  Congress to Campus is an initiative to bring US Congressmen to the UK, which is supported by the British Library’s Eccles Centre for American… Continue reading

  • Romance the Medieval Way: St Valentine’s Day Special

    Dr Ruth Salter explores the potential origins of the famous annual holiday. St Valentine and the (possible) origins of Valentine’s Day Two St Valentines are listed in the Roman Martyrology for February 14th: one was a martyred Roman priest who… Continue reading

    Romance the Medieval Way: St Valentine’s Day Special
  • US Election Special: There may be trouble ahead… (3/3)

    By Dafydd Townley When Hillary Clinton officially announced her intention to run for the White House on April 12th last year, she was immediately proclaimed as the favourite to be the 45th President of the United States. Through a YouTube… Continue reading

    US Election Special: There may be trouble ahead… (3/3)
  • Reminder: Seminar in Global History, 10th February 2016

    This is a reminder of the up-coming Seminar in Global History which will take place on Wednesday, 10th February 2016. Dr Miles Larmer (University of Oxford) will be speaking on ‘Localising Africa’s Cold War: The Katangese Gendarmes and Conflict in… Continue reading