Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 15/7/2013. View of the interior of Bautzen II Prison (c) Jürgen Matschle One of the great things about teaching History at Manchester is seeing the excellent and exciting research that so many of our students are engaged in. The BA dissertation, now a staple of…
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History Society in Prague
Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 6/2/2013. With everyone safely back in Manchester and the Czech Republic letting off a collective sigh of relief, we are happy to report on the History Society’s annual trip. Aamira Challenger-Mynett writes: “Following an amazing trip to Berlin in 2012, the History Society wanted to give…
History & Sociology Make Contact
Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 15/3/2014. The History and Sociology Party gets swinging at the Contact Theatre on the 26th of February History and Sociology students had a dedicated programme party on the 26th of February in the warm and inviting space of the Contact Theatre Lounge. There were drinks, nibbles,…
Sitting Exams, Making History
Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 15/1/2014 Examination Papers as Historical Sources By Emily Jones (Manchester, ’10) (Exeter College, Oxford) Four years after my last January exams at Manchester, I’ve been wading through seemingly endless late-Victorian and Edwardian scripts as part of my doctoral research. Aside from being far more fun to…
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