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  • Spotlight on: Professor Joel Felix

    I was born in the north-east of France (Vosges) and grew up in Metz where I did the first two years of a history/history of art degree and moved to the Sorbonne (Paris) to take the licence and a master… Continue reading

  • Spotlight on: Professor Christopher Duggan

    I grew up in south-east London and my education was determined by railway stations between Orpington and Victoria. I travelled a lot in Italy in my teens, and when I went to study history at Oxford I did quite a… Continue reading

  • The Labour party, Europe and the (recent) history of Scottish independence

    by Matt Broad With less than a year now to go before Scots head to the polls to take part in the independence referendum, one can’t help but be reminded of earlier debates surrounding the matter of the country’s place… Continue reading

  • The Stenton Lecture 2013

    The Department is pleased to announce that the annual Stenton Lecture will take place on 21 November 2013. This year’s lecture is entitled ‘From Jacobitism to the SNP: the Crown, the Union and the Scottish Question’, will be given by Professor… Continue reading

  • The British Conference for Undergraduate Research by Rosie Knight

    In April this year, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to attend the British Conference for Undergraduate Research (BCUR) at Plymouth University, a two day conference where undergraduate students from the UK and beyond exhibit their research. The conference… Continue reading

  • Proving that Medieval Meteorology existed

    Dr Anne Lawrence has been awarded an AHRC Fellowship for 2013-14, to support her research into the reality and practice of meteorology in medieval England.  This work will both provide a history of medieval meteorology and challenge the still-popular idea… Continue reading

  • ‘My time in the History Department’

    Our recent graduate Emma Jackson reflects upon her time as a History student and how this informed her decision to stand as RUSU Education Officer   No matter how we dress it up, whether as a stepping stone for a… Continue reading

  • The Spirit of ’45 and working-class history

    By Jason Parry A confused and bumbling Winston Churchill being booed during an outdoor election meeting in 1945 is one of the defining scenes from Spirit of ’45, a new Ken Loach documentary which celebrates Labour’s landslide election victory. In… Continue reading

  • EMRC Colloquium

    Academic Culture and the Culture of Academic Competitions in early Modern Europe Friday 26 April 2013 10.30-10.45 Coffee & Registration 10.45-12.45 Session 1 (Chair: Dr Esther Mijers, University of Reading) Dr Arjan van Dixhoorn (University of Ghent), ‘Towards a Cultural… Continue reading

  • Summer Term Seminars

    Wednesday 1 May, 5.00pm, HumSSG74 Dr Holger Nehring, Department of History, University of Sheffield ‘The Last Battle of the Cold War: Peace Movements and German politics’. Wednesday 8 May, 5.00pm, HumSSG74 Prof. Suzanne Schwartz, Institute of Humanities and Creative Arts,… Continue reading