In February, we marked LGBT+ History Month. As part of our commemoration, postgraduate student Helen Howard takes a look back at the remarkable career of … Read more
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Disability History Month: Virginia Hall
To mark the end of Disability History Month, Professor Juliette Pattinson tells the story of American amputee Virginia Hall, who overcame discrimination to become the … Read more
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
Disability History Month: Henry Paget, the Earl of Uxbridge
For our next contribution on Disability History Month, MA by Research student Jonathan Burton examines the career of the Earl of Uxbridge as an interesting … Read more
Black History Month: George Arthur Roberts
In the latest instalment of our Black History Month celebrations, Dr Ellena Matthews, who recently completed a PhD in the School of History, looks back … Read more
Black History Month: Phillis Wheatley
Continuing the School of History’s celebration of Black History Month, PhD student Megan King writes today about the remarkable career and contribution of the poet … Read more
The South African Native Labour Contingent on the Western Front, 1916-1918
For the latest instalment in our commemoration of Black History Month, our Head of School, Prof. Mark Connelly draws attention to an incident from the … Read more
Celebrating Black History Month: Stuart Hall
It’s Black History Month. Who do you particularly want to see celebrated from the pantheon of black figures who have shaped history? Here is one … Read more
International Women’s Day
In 2018 International Women’s Day (8th March) has arrived in the midst of the Universities and College Union’s industrial action in defence of your lecturers’ … Read more