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Performing Public History
What is it to ‘do’ public history? This is a question our students are asked to address in a number of different modules and which I was forced to ask myself as a result of attending a couple of recent…
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The Uses of History?
Nowadays we are all being encouraged to think about our students, their future, and employability in our degree courses. In fact, we often address the question of the usefulness, or otherwise, of History to audiences at Open Days and other…
Nigel Harrison Earns PhD on Clough Williams-Ellis
The School, and History in particular, is very pleased to announce that late last week Nigel Harrison successfully defended his PhD thesis on the architect Clough Williams-Ellis. CW-E (as Nigel came rather fondly to know him) is best known for…
Black History Month
Black history is a subject we deal with in several modules, particularly in British and US history. However, Black History will be a theme in our blogs next month because every October Black History Month (BHM) is celebrated in the…
Welcome to (Old) Cheltenham!
This week, we welcome our new first years. Induction week is always an exciting time for everyone – but perhaps also a little daunting. As a way of easing our students into the facilities they enjoy here at Gloucestershire, and…
Competition in Socialist Society
My latest collection of essays, co-edited with Katalin Miklossy (University of Helsinki, Finland) was published by Routledge in August. The book is one of the outcomes of a three-year international collaborative project funded by the Academy of Finland from 2010…
Crucible2, Gloucester Cathedral, and the Godly
I spent some wonderful hours on Sunday at Gloucester Cathedral, taking in the Crucible2 exhibition which is on display there until October 31st. As well as a veritable who’s who of contemporary British sculpture, it’s also a fascinating study in how…
The Independence Referendum
Exciting isn’t it? And of deep interest to all historians we’d hope. Just recently the expertise we have here at UoG was recognised by our local radio station (Radio Gloucestershire) when I was invited onto the breakfast show, just after…
Gloucestershire Historical Association 2014-15
A new academic year is upon us, and that also means a new round of fascinating talks from the Gloucestershire Historical Association. Topics include Africans in Tudor and Stuart Britain, the Napoleonic Prussian General Marshal Blucher, pilgrimage in Spain and William…