Author: ecr20

This week, the School of History is pleased to host this year’s Gender History Annual Lecture, for which we welcome back Dr Amy Blakeway, Lecturer … Read more

In February, we marked LGBT+ History Month. As part of our commemoration, postgraduate student Helen Howard takes a look back at the remarkable career of … Read more

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. To mark the occasion, School of History PhD student Ellis Spicer shares an illuminating find from her research on British … Read more

To mark the end of Disability History Month, Professor Juliette Pattinson tells the story of American amputee Virginia Hall, who overcame discrimination to become the … Read more

In today’s blog on Disability History Month, Dr Steven Taylor, Lecturer in History of Medicine, looks at the 2020 theme of ‘Access’ from a historical … Read more

For our next contribution on Disability History Month, MA by Research student Jonathan Burton examines the career of the Earl of Uxbridge as an interesting … Read more

18th November – 18th December 2020 is Disability History Month. Continuing our ongoing blog series celebrating diversity, we asked staff and students in the School … Read more

Professor David Birmingham has been awarded the Bourdarie 2020 prize by the French Academy of Overseas Studies for the French translation of his book A … Read more

Continuing our celebration of Black History Month, MA by Research student Jonathan Burton discusses the intriguing and mysterious case of Yasuke, reputed to have been … Read more

In the latest instalment of our Black History Month celebrations, Dr Ellena Matthews, who recently completed a PhD in the School of History, looks back … Read more