To celebrate Black History Month 2018, our academics and Professional Services staff were invited to post an image of a BME woman important to their research or that they find inspirational on the outside of their door. History Taught Programmes Office: Nichelle Nichols was one of the first black women featured in a major television series … Continue reading “Black History Month 2018”
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Find Our Foremothers Competition: Winners Announced
Find out who won the competition to ‘Find Our Foremothers’, as part of our celebrations for International Women’s History Month.
International Women’s Day: Inspiring Women
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2018, our academics and Professional Services staff have been talking about some of the historical women who have inspired them.
Women’s Psychological Survival in Soviet Labour Camps
‘A way of making forgotten voices heard’ – Kseniya Shrimpton (BA History with English Literature) on her dissertation journey, which took her as far as Moscow.
Researching Anti-Suffragism in Britain
When Emily McCormack (BA History) found out that the first organised league opposing women’s suffrage in Britain was started by women, it inspired her to make anti-suffragism the topic of her final year dissertation.
My Dissertation Research Experience
Caitlin Russell, a final year Undergraduate in BA History, documents her dissertation journey, from preliminary research in second year to a dissertation she feels proud of, and the bumps she had along the way.