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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…
With Armistice Day approaching, I thought it was worth drawing attention to a recent update to the University of Gloucestershire’s Archive and Special Collections Website. The ‘Archive Item of the Month‘ discusses a collection of documents deposited by Miss Mayer,…
Coincidental with the period of national remembrance, we can happily report that Robert Taylor’s MA thesis on “A Study of the Origins and Development of Great War Memorials in the County of Gloucestershire (1917-1933) has been accepted by the University…
I recently had the pleasure, or strange experience, of being interviewed by Martha Kearney (presenter of The World at One and Women’s Hour) via the BBC studio in Gloucester. The interview focussed on the impact of the presence of black…
Students and staff may be interested in the event “Commemorating Chartism” which is being organized by the University of Wales. The event will be held in the town which was the scene of the abortive Newport Rising of 1839, and features…