Author: ecr20

Continuing the School of History’s celebration of Black History Month, PhD student Megan King writes today about the remarkable career and contribution of the poet … Read more

For the latest instalment in our commemoration of Black History Month, our Head of School, Prof. Mark Connelly draws attention to an incident from the … Read more

It’s Black History Month. Who do you particularly want to see celebrated from the pantheon of black figures who have shaped history? Here is one … Read more

Drawing on recent experiences with Wikipedia and Reddit, Dr Edward Roberts, Lecturer in Early Medieval History, considers the possibilities for public engagement and History in … Read more

Dr Erik Mathisen, Lecturer in US History, has recently had a piece published online in the Journal of the Civil War Era’s Muster blog. In … Read more

This week on our blog Q&A we have Deputy Head of History Dr Timothy Bowman. Here Tim discusses what drew him to the study of … Read more

This week our Q&A guest is Professor Barbara Bombi who teaches medieval history in the School of History and the Centre for Medieval and Early … Read more

In today’s instalment of Meet the Historians, Dr John Wills, Reader in American History and Culture, discusses his fascination with all things American and his … Read more

In response to recent debates over the way Britain’s imperial past should be commemorated, Archbishop Justin Welby has stated that certain monuments in Canterbury Cathedral … Read more

Next up in our departmental Q&A series is Dr Emma Hanna, a School of History graduate and expert on the First World War and its … Read more