Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 21/3/2014 Panel Discussion – Manchester Heroes: Should the City Remember Its Heroes? Monday 24 March, 6.30pm – 8.00pm, National Football Museum Manchester is associated with a unique cast of characters from the Pankhurst family to Alan Turing, George Best to Morrissey. 200-miles North of London, it’s…
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Dr. Carden-Coyne on disabled veterans
Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 8/12/2014 The University of Manchester is, for the first time, involved in the UK-wide Disability History Month awareness project, and this year’s theme is the First World War. Manchester City Council’s Equality and Diversity team has asked History’s Dr. Ana Carden-Coyne to give the inaugural lecture…
Political Violence and Assassinations Symposium
Editors Note: This is an archived post from 4/4/2014. Political Violence and Assassinations The University of Manchester – 08/05/2014 Inspired by two major anniversaries – the fiftieth anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination, and the hundredth anniversary of the Sarajevo assassinations – the Cultures of Politics research cluster is delighted to be hosting an afternoon…
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