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Two Manchester historians awarded prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prizes

Dr Alexia Yates, Senior Lecturer in Modern History, and Dr Stefan Hanß, Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History, have been awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize 2020 worth £100,000 in recognition of their outstanding research achievements. With this prize, The Leverhulme Trust recognises ground-breaking “work of outstanding research scholars of proven achievement, who have made and…

‘Black women who have struggled to make our efforts possible’: Olive Morris and the Legacy of Black Power in Manchester

In the month of October we will be marking Black History Month by sharing a series of short essays written by four recent graduates of the History Department at the University of Manchester. These students were part of Kerry Pimblott’s third-year seminar on the Black Freedom Movement and were tasked with putting their new historical…

Call for Papers: Political Parties in the Middle East: Past, Present and Future Perspectives

Central Bank of Iran in Tehran, photographed in 2002 by: Ensie & Matthias / http://www.flickr.com License: Creative Commons License (By SA 2.0) A conference to be held at the University of Manchester, 25-27 January 2016 [Dates to be confirmed] Convened by the Subject Areas of History and Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Manchester, in Association…

Workshop: Using University Archives in your Research

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 4/10/2014. Dissertation Workshop Using University Archives in your Research Tuesday 14th October, 15.00 to 16.00 University Place 3.214 A workshop for 3rd-year undergraduates and MA students – in History and related subjects – who are starting to identify dissertation topics. Rationale The University’s own archives –…

Study China Programme over Easter 2015 is Open

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 8/10/2014. The Study China Programme (over Easter 2015) offers students of all levels a unique opportunity to experience Chinese life, culture, language and business. Yongfu Temple, Hangzhou (near Zhejiang University) The Study China Programme is managed by The University of Manchester and funded by the Government department…

Roskell Prize Goes to History’s Charlotte Johnson

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 21/7/2014. The Evelyn Roskell book prize of £500 (named after a student in Ashburne Hall whose husband later was Professor of Medieval History) is awarded to students of history, Latin or archaeology, who have been resident in Ashburne. This year, Charlotte Johnson has been awarded the Prize for her contribution…

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Stokely Carmichael in London: The birth of the British Black Power Movement?