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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…

CFP: Politics and the Power of Print

Editors Note: This is an archived blog from 25/9/2012. A Book History Research Network Study Day 30th November 2012, Chetham’s Library, Manchester From the pamphleteers of the English Civil War to the library of ‘Occupy Wall Street’, the image of the book has often been a central element of political propaganda. But in what ways…

How does Gender Mean?

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 16/11/2012. Papers are invited for an interdisciplinary conference to take place on 20th March 2013 at the University of Manchester. The conference, entitled How Does Gender Mean? Debates and Applications in Modern Britain, aims to bring together scholars and researchers from across the arts and humanities…

Postgraduate Film Screening at IWMN, 27 Sept 6-8pm

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 20/9/2011. There will be a screening of documentary films produced by our postgraduates from the MA in War, Culture and History. The films will be projected onto the interior walls of the Imperial War Museum North (IWMN), 6-8pm, kindly introduced by Professor Bertrand Taithe and Professor…

Careers in Media, Communications and PR: Meet the Professionals

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 24/10/2011. The History Society and Department of History is pleased to announce a careers event for anyone interested in working in the media, journalism, public relations, advertising, marketing or communication. Three guests will be speaking about what you need to get on your CV to get…

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