Hanna Matt, 2nd Year History Student, Winner of LEAP Student Prize 2016-17 The spark that set the flame alight was my first-year history in practice course with Dr. Kristy Ironside entitled ‘Stalinist Society’, which covered a wide range of topics about Soviet history – from Stalin’s constitution to family values and a study of one…
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Inching Towards the Meter: Britain, Europe and the Politics of Economic Integration
Aashish Velkar (University of Manchester) On Brexit day (23 June 2016), The Guardian reminded its readers about the ‘Euro myth’ of how European metrication laws had criminalised the use of the Imperial inch such that even the Queen was forced to ‘obey Europe’.[1] Since then, there have been several reports in the popular media about…
Printing a Nation: Dr Anindita Ghosh discusses her new BBC Radio 4 Series on the history of the printing press in India!
Dr Anindita Ghosh at College Street, Kolkata, one of the largest book markets in the world, where books are precariously but perfectly balanced in high piles – a hallmark feature of the bookstalls in the area. Enjoyed listening to Anindita? Please complete our questionnaire, and feel free to ask any questions! BBC Radio 4: Broadcasting…
Feminism and the Politics of Prostitution in the 1970s and 1980s: Professor Judith Walkowitz discusses her latest research and forthcoming visit to Manchester!
Torso Installation, ‘Prostitution: What’s Going On?’ Exhibition at the Women’s Library, Whitechapel, 2006. Image courtesy of Professor Walkowitz. In 1972 I joined a small cohort of feminist historians who insisted that prostitution had a history. At the time, prostitution remained low on the agenda of women’s liberation on both sides of the Atlantic. Women liberationists…
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