Category: News

To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, Julia Burton from the ’45 Aid Society spoke on Friday 31 January in Rutherford Junior Common Room about the experiences … 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

Head of School Dr Juliette Pattinson looks back at one of Britain’s most memorable domestic policies during the Second World War. Eighty years ago this … Read more

In the tenth century, Latin authors in Britain had a habit of using particularly unusual and obscure vocabulary in their texts. Some of these words … Read more

Labour migration has been of crucial importance in southern Africa for centuries, with large numbers of people having moved across the region to mines, farms … Read more

Barbara Bombi, Professor of Medieval History, has been appointed to the Council of the Royal Historical Society, and will serve for four years beginning in … Read more

‘Taming the European Leviathan: The Legacy of Post-War Medicine and the Common Good’, a project coordinated by Professor Ulf Schmidt of the School of History … Read more

Earlier in the month, 11 students (8 MA and 3 PhDs) and 4 members of staff visited Ypres in an exciting and valuable trip. Students … Read more

A major initiative aimed at raising the profile of green spaces in the Canterbury district has received a boost with the release of a new … Read more

Senior Lecturer at University of Kent, Dr Emily Guerry, has recently appeared on a BBC One documentary offering her knowledge and expertise on Medieval History. … Read more