Editors Note: This is an archived post from 26/2/2010. Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute’s (HCRI) 2nd ESRC funded seminar Assessing humanitarianism: disaster & data dissemination. Friday 26 February 2010 University Place lecture theatre 1.218 In convening this seminar the HCRI will adopt a multi-disciplinary approach to the evaluation of humanitarian aid. Exploring previous and current…
Author: manchesterhistory1
CFP: Annual Social History Society Conference
Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 8/2/2010. Annual Social History Society conference Date: 30 March – 1 April 2010 Venue: University of Glasgow The deadline for registering for the annual Social History Society conference is 28 March. Papers have been accepted on a wide range of topics and have been grouped under…
CFP: Workshop on Historiography & Theory
Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 12/5/2010. 19th May 2010, 3.00-4.30pm Following last year’s workshop on social history, we are pleased to invite research students and staff to participate in a discussion around Professor Joyce’s newly published Past & Present article, ‘What is the social in social history?’. Professor Patrick Joyce has…
Memories of Studying at Manchester: Richard Ward
Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 26/10/2009. Studying History at Manchester as an under-graduate ended in the summer of 2008. I thoroughly enjoyed being at Manchester but after finishing my dissertation, an examination of British public opinion on the civil war in El Salvador 1981-1983, and my final examinations I realised that…