Category: Academic staff

The School of History’s Ulf Schmidt, Professor of Modern History, was recently interviewed on Rear Vision, a podcast for Sydney’s ABC Radio that seeks to … Read more

Dr John Wills, Reader in American History and Culture, is to take part in this year’s British Academy Virtual Summer Showcase 2020. He’ll be speaking … Read more

School of History academic Dr Mark Lawrence has launched a research documentary with an event featuring a live panel discussion. The Cristero War of 1926-29, … Read more

Dr Ben Marsh, Reader in History, has just published Unravelled Dreams: Silk and the Atlantic World, 1500-1840, with Cambridge University Press. Ben teaches a number … Read more

The School of History is seeking prospective PhD candidates to apply for two scholarship projects under the Kent-Lille cotutelle award scheme. These scholarships include fees … Read more

Stuck at home with not much to do? Looking to get yourself ready for first year study? Have a look through the following list of … Read more

A new Top Trumps game, featuring historical figures from across the world, is available for free to UK schools. The School of History has collaborated with … Read more

Karen Jones, Professor of Environmental and Cultural History, has published Calamity: The Many Lives of Calamity Jane (Yale University Press, 2020). Examining how Martha Jane Canary … Read more

Based at the Centre for the History of the Sciences, and working in partnership with the Science Museum, the Metropolitan Science research project is funded … Read more

The School of History has launched its first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), entitled ‘From Waterloo to the Rhine: The British Army 1815-1945’, which explores … Read more