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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…

“In the Shadow of the First World War”

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 7/5/2014. “In the Shadow of the First World War: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Conflict in Global Perspective” History Department conference plus two Plenaries: Dr Santanu Das (Kings) “Archive, Body, and Memory: India and Empire in the First World War“ 15th Thurs 5pm University Place Theatre A …

History after Hobsbawm: a report

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 17/5/2014 History after Hobsbawm 29 April to 1 May 2014 Birkbeck, University of London Conference report by Hannah Robb & Sarah Wood (History, University of Manchester) In 1962, Eric Hobsbawm obtained funding from the Rockefeller Foundation for a research trip which enabled him to travel –…

Workshop: Cultures of Diplomacy

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 14/3/2015. Cultures of diplomacy 14 May 2015, 2pm-6pm (C1.8 Graduate School, Ellen Wilkinson Building, University of Manchester) All welcome, but please note that seats are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. No reservations can be taken. Workshop organised by Christian Goeschel, Frank…

UG TV workshops with Michael Wood

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 11/11/2013. Undergraduate TV series workshops with Michael Wood Four in late November – No need to book Michael Wood, our Professor of Public History and the creator of numerous critically-acclaimed history documentaries, is running a series of exciting two-hour workshops, each based on one of his…

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