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
Category: Historians on current events
The Church of England faces up to Britain’s imperial past
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
Should historical statues be pulled down?
With the news full of stories about statues of historical figures with connections to slavery, colonialism and racism being pulled down across Britain and the … Read more
Ulf Schmidt discusses biowarfare and Covid-19 in podcast
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
Standing together
Dr Juliette Pattinson, Head of the School of History, shares an important message in relation to current conversations about the Black Lives Matter movement and … Read more
“Unlawful, void and of no effect”: The Pitfalls of Prorogation
Earlier this month, the School of History held a lunchtime seminar to discuss the historical context of the Prime Minister’s controversial recent attempt to prorogue … Read more