Oliver Parken, a PhD student in the School of History, has been announced as runner-up in the 2020 Curriers’ Company London History Essay Prize. In … Read more
Tag: Second World War
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
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
Holocaust Memorial Day 2020: School of History talk
For Holocaust Memorial Week, Ellis Spicer, a doctoral student in the School of History, organised an event with a survivor’s daughter, Julia Burton, speaking very … Read more
Remembering rationing
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