The School of History’s Centre for the History of War, Media and Society are hosting a major international conference, ‘Propaganda and Neutrality: alternative battlegrounds and … Read more
Category: Research
Disability History Month – Access to Education: A Historical Perspective
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
Emeritus Professor David Birmingham wins book prize
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
Dr John Wills contributes essay to US National Film Preservation Board
The National Film Preservation Board at the US Library of Congress works to preserve America’s film heritage. Each year, it selects a range of movies … Read more
David Rundle asks “what did the Italian Renaissance owe to England?”
This is the provocative question at the heart of David Rundle’s present research, which has just been awarded a British Academy / Leverhulme Small Research … Read more
Meet the Historians: Professor Kenneth Fincham
This week our Q&A guest is Professor Kenneth Fincham who teaches early modern history in the School of History and the Centre for Medieval and … Read more
‘Things’ around Canterbury – Happy Memories of Teaching in 2020
Dr Suzanna Ivanič, Lecturer in Early Modern European History, reflects on some of the class activities she led around Canterbury in her teaching this past … Read more
Erik Mathisen on free labour, emancipation and the global history of Reconstruction
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
Meet the Historians: Dr Timothy Bowman
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
Meet the Historians: Professor Barbara Bombi
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