Hannah (BA History) discovers that academic research can be exciting in her project to shed light on some of the ‘lost’ letter-writers of Elizabethan England.
Tag: British History
The Sound of the ‘Big Bang’: Cataloguing the Douglas French Archive
UG Researcher Daniel Deegan outlines some of the benefits of spending 5 weeks transcribing audio cassettes – little did the speakers at the Westminster and City Conferences know that the next person to hear their recordings would be him!
Researching the Imperial Midlands: Legacies of Slavery
Asha (BA History/Political Science) and fellow student Tiana were given the daunting task of researching 24 properties and over 350 years’ worth of owners for a project run in partnership with the National Trust.
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’.
From Lost Property to Postgraduate Study
Rik Sowden, who undertook a UG Research Scholarship in 2016, reflects on his experiences and how they helped him prepare not only for his undergraduate dissertation but also for postgraduate research, as well as fostering his love of history.
The Sound of the ‘Big Bang’: Cataloguing the Douglas French Archive
As a special advisor to the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Geoffrey Howe, Douglas French was able to gather an extensive (and hitherto unseen) private archive of material relating to the conduct of economic policy in the 1980’s and in particular to the ‘Big Bang’ in financial services of 1986. Here, John Tibbits (BA History and Political Science) explains how he was given the daunting task of digitising this archive.
James Watt 2019: Workers’ Research Project
Christopher Olive shares his experiences of exploring the hidden histories of the workers of the engine business.
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.
The Mutual Admiration Society
Niamh Coffey (BA History) shares her experiences of working on the project ‘The Mutual Admiration Society’ and the impact it’s had on shaping her future career choices.