by Jack Gunn, BA History It didn’t take me long to realise that this research scholarship was going to be an experience to treasure. I had dubbed it “My Trip of Firsts” and it would certainly become that in regard to the first time flying on my own, taking part in academic research and field … Continue reading “At the Crossroads of Empire: the Longobard Church of Sant’Ambrogio by Jack Gunn”
Tag: Birmingham
Counter-Terrorism: Unlearnt Lessons from Britain’s Dark Past?
Law student Dilraj Ahmed questions whether Britain has learnt from its experiences with Ireland last century in terms of how it deals with individuals from ‘suspect communities’ today.
More than just Peaky Blinders and Dairy Milk – My Reflection on ‘Selly Oak Activism’
Holly Pittaway (BA History) learns about the activists ‘who helped mould Birmingham into what it is today’.
Sewers, Sermons & Shakespeare: Birmingham’s Civic Revolution
‘The people of Birmingham are surrounded by a richer past than we know’, writes Henry Jones, who worked on a project researching and celebrating the heritage of George Dawson and his Shakespeare Memorial Library in Birmingham.
Selly Oak Activism
Here Bryony Parsons presents some of the findings of her research into the history of social and political activism in Selly Oak in the 1960s, part of a project led by Dr Chris Moores, the Director of Modern British Studies.