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
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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
Women, Work and Health: The Match-Girls Strike of 1888
On 5th July 1888, approximately 1400 female workers walked out of Bryant and May’s match making factory in Bow, East London, in protest over low … Read more
Secret Science: A Century of Posion Warfare and Human Experiments
Professor Ulf Schmidt’s latest book Secret Science: A Century of Poison Warfare and Human Experiments has been used to inform an episode of BBC World … Read more
VE Day: First Days of Peace
Dr Julie Anderson appears on BBC documentary discussing postwar recuperation in South-East England As part of the BBC’s coverage of the 70th anniversary of VE … Read more