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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…

Current PhD research: Dark Age dykes.

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 21/1/2010. Current Research: Erik Grigg, PhD student I am a part-time PhD researcher currently looking at Dark Age dykes. These, according to Dr Ryan, sounds like a Swedish Goth death metal band, but they are in fact early medieval linear earthworks (Offa’s Dyke, Wansdyke, etc) that…

Workshop: Visualising and Exhibiting Fascism

Editors Note: This is an archived blog post from 11/2/2010. Workshop: Visualising and Exhibiting Fascism Friday 19 March Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. The workshop will bring together academics and practitioners to explore some ideas, approaches and problems relating to the production and subsequent display of cultural artefacts associated with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. PROGRAMME…

Assessing humanitarianism: disaster & data dissemination

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…

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…

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