History@Manchester

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…

Angel Smith – Catalan Nationalism: an Overview (16 Nov @ 5pm)

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 10/11/2011 In celebration of the School’s continuing collaboration with the Institut Ramon Llull’s mission to promote Catalan language and culture internationally the following programme of events is planned for WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER in the Samuel Alexander Building, Oxford Road, University of Manchester, Manchester 4.30 Formal signing…

The Great Unrest

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 23/9/2011. An open public meeting exploring the reasons behind the first national rail strike and to discuss the relevance to today’s rail unions will take place at the People’s History Museum, Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3ER, on Saturday 12th November 2011, 16.00-19.30. The meeting will…

Proletariat to Precariat?

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 20/9/2011. Proletariat to Precariat? Working-class politics, identities and socio-spatial change in Britain from the Great Depression to the ‘Big Society’ Friday, 14 October 2011 09.45- 16:15 University of Manchester As the coalition government oversees the biggest transfer of wealth from ordinary people to the very richest…

Black History Month @ Manchester

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 4/10/2011. Black History Month is an opportunity to celebrate black culture and heritage whilst raising awareness of resources and support available at the University. One such resource is the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Centre in Sackville Street Building. The centre is a library dedicated to…

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