Elkie Myers BA Politics and Modern History (2012-2015) I graduated in July 2015 after completing my BA in Politics and Modern History. My course was co-ordinated by the History department in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, but was essentially a two-school course, with Politics lectures run by the School of Social Sciences….
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Advancing into the Archive Workshop: Our undergraduates discover hidden treasures at Liverpool Records Office!
A few years ago, during one of my early posts as Stipendiary Lecturer in History at the University of Oxford, I was sat in a supervision meeting with a third-year dissertation student and began to chat with them about starting to conduct their own archival research. As I began excitedly recounting my own ‘Eureka moments’…
Magic, Witches and Devils in the Early Modern World: New Exhibition!
Exhibition: Magic, Witches and Devils in the Early Modern World (John Rylands University Library, Deansgate, from 21 January 2016). Interview by Eloise Moss Dr Jenny Spinks is Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe (particularly Germany, France and the Low Countries); Dr Sasha Handley is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Social and Cultural History…
Children during the Holocaust: A one-day conference at Imperial War Museums North
Children interned at Auschwitz, January 1945. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The Centre for Jewish Studies and the Department of History, University of Manchester and IWM North (part of Imperial War Museums) One-day conference CHILDREN DURING THE HOLOCAUST Wednesday 26 October 2016, 9.30am-4.00pm Libeskind Rooms, IWM North This conference will explore the experience of children in…
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