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Dr Vicky Randall Updates on Research Progress
As many of you will know, I have been lucky enough to have had a period of research leave this year. Now I am back I thought I would give you a quick update on the work I have been…
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Dr Vicky Randall Researching British Literary Representations of the Arab-Islamic World
Dr Vicky Randall has been awarded a period of research leave this semester. While on leave she will be researching and writing a journal article on Sir John Malcolm (pictured below) and his book The History of Persia (2 vols,…
Summer Updates
While the summer is a time of much needed rest and recuperation, for academics it is also a time for research. As you’ll see in the updates from each member of staff below, staff in History team have been busy…
Our Staff and Students at Heritage Schools Conference
Today at Oxstalls campus in Gloucester, myself and two of our students Ross Brown and Kelly Burriss took part in the Heritage Schools Conference. The event was organised by Voices Gloucester, the organization that is sharing diverse stories from communities…
Black Lives Matter and Bristol
This post comes from former student in History at the University of Gloucestershire, Luke Simpson. George Floyd was not the first and he will not be the last black human being to be killed as a result of police brutality…
‘The Past is Not Dead’ – Confronting the British Past in the wake of Black Lives Matter
Recent events have really put our discipline on the front pages. The Black Lives Matter protests which have swept across the United States and Europe following the brutal murder of George Floyd, have seen statues of controversial historical figures being…
New Publication from Vicky Randall
I am pleased (relieved?) to announce the publication of my new book History, Empire, and Islam: E. A. Freeman and Victorian Public Morality (March, Manchester University Press, 2020). Primarily this book is concerned with the major nineteenth-century historian, Edward Freeman,…
Postgraduate Profile: Oliver Brown
This post comes from MA by Research student and undergraduate alumni, Oliver Brown. My research is investigating the prevalence of anti-Semitism in the British right-wing between 1918 and 1930. It aims to redress the studies conducted on British interwar right-wing…
Postgraduate Profiles: Ed Barrett – History through Illustration
This post comes from Ed Barrett, currently a PhD student in both History and Illustration at the University of Gloucestershire. My research is an interdisciplinary practice-based project in which I’ll use drawing to analyse and interpret historical sources, using contemporary…