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The graduation ceremony last week was the usual great event – seeing last year’s students graduate is always enjoyable, and meeting proud parents makes you realize how important degrees are to individuals and families. It is good to catch up…
In gathering links for another of my intermittent trawls through the early modern internet, I came across an article in the Los Angeles Review of Books which requires more than just a passing reference. ‘Why Stephen Greenblatt is Wrong —…
On Friday 23 November, my friend and colleague Mark Harrison (Prof of Economics, University of Warwick) was interviewed for Radio 4’s Today programme (begins 2.24 to 2.29) about the Soviet practice of erasing the public record of political and cultural…
Students may be interested to hear of a new opportunity, offered by the University of Gloucestershire’s sports department. For details of the Sports Writing Internship please see below: “This internship would suit a student with the ability to write from…
Neil Wynn Talks about African American History and Culture Neil Wynn has been interviewed by Paul Moss for a radio programme on BBC Radio Gloucestershire, which was broadcast on Sunday 25th November at 2pm (you can catch it on the I-play!). Neil was…
‘Why do Caucasian Studies Matter?’ On 21 November, I attended a seminar organised by the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, The University of Birmingham, to celebrate the publication of a special issue of Europe-Asia Studies (vol. 64, no.…
History Trip Report On Thursday 15th October, the first year History students (myself included) set out on a journey to the City of London. This was especially exciting for two of our members, one of which was me, as it…
Oh yes! Now here’s an exciting topic! There’s no reason why I should choose to post this today, no anniversary; no re-opening of a historic but recently refurbished station; beyond the fact that I’ve seen quite a few of them…
‘Royalist Print and Textual Space, 1643-1646’ Tonight our colleague Paul Jones is delivering a paper for the History Seminar series, entitled ‘Royalist Print and Textual Space, 1643-1646’. Please find an abstract of Paul’s paper below: In recent years there has…