‘The Scrapbooking Detective: Frederick Porter Wensley and the Limits of ‘Celebrity’ and ‘Authority’ in Inter-War Britain’ By Eloise Moss Social History 40/1 (2015) The article deals with the published life-writings of ‘celebrity detective’ Frederick Porter Wensley, who was head of C.I.D. at Scotland Yard during the interwar years and captured some of the period’s most…
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Governing Gaeldom: Dr Allan Kennedy wins the Frank Watson book prize 2015!
CONGRATULATIONS are due to our own Dr Allan Kennedy, who has won the prestigious Frank Watson Book Prize 2015 for his first book, Governing Gaeldom: The Scottish Highlands and the Restoration State. 1660-1688 (Leiden, 2014). The prize is given every two years by the Centre for Scottish Studies at the University of Guelph, Ontario, to…
Dr Allan Kennedy wins the Emile Lousse Prize 2015!
Contemporary image of the ceremonial opening of Scottish Parliament in 1707. Emile Lousse Prize, 2015 Awarded annually for the best article published in the journal Parliaments, Estates and Representation by a scholar under the age of 40. Dr Allan Kennedy is joint winner of the prize for his article ‘Representing the Periphery: Highland Commissioners in the Seventeenth-Century Scottish…
My Nazi Legacy: UoM Centre for Jewish Studies co-sponsors Film Festival event in Manchester
Theresienstadt Concentration Camp. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. On Wednesday 11th November at 6.20 p.m., HOME in Manchester will be screening My Nazi Legacy: a tense and moving documentary in which Internationally-renowned human rights barrister Philippe Sands QC goes on a road trip with two sons of SS officers, to find out if they can admit…
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