PHAIS Essex
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Welcome to the School of Philosophical, Historical, and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Essex. Careful thought for a complex world.
https://www.essex.ac.uk/departments/philosophical-historical-and-interdisciplinary-studies
https://www.essex.ac.uk/departments/philosophical-historical-and-interdisciplinary-studies
Join Professor Tracey Loughran for "Staying In and Coming Out: Oral Histories of LGBTQ+ Women’s Lives in Britain, c. 1960-2020," exploring oral history interviews with LGBTQ+ women born 1940-1970 - part of the Students Union #LGBTHistoryMonth.
Monday 9 February, 5-6pm
CTC.2.01 (Colchester Campus)
Monday 9 February, 5-6pm
CTC.2.01 (Colchester Campus)
February 5, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Join Professor Tracey Loughran for "Staying In and Coming Out: Oral Histories of LGBTQ+ Women’s Lives in Britain, c. 1960-2020," exploring oral history interviews with LGBTQ+ women born 1940-1970 - part of the Students Union #LGBTHistoryMonth.
Monday 9 February, 5-6pm
CTC.2.01 (Colchester Campus)
Monday 9 February, 5-6pm
CTC.2.01 (Colchester Campus)
New podcast: Professor Alison Rowlands discusses her landmark book Witchcraft Narratives in Germany, 1561–1652.
The book explores the social and psychological forces behind witchcraft cases and explores early modern views of conflict, magic, family life and illness.
🎧: shorturl.at/Llr9L
The book explores the social and psychological forces behind witchcraft cases and explores early modern views of conflict, magic, family life and illness.
🎧: shorturl.at/Llr9L
Alison Rowlands, "Witchcraft Narratives in Germany: Rothenburg, 1561-1652" (Manchester UP, 2026) - New Books Network
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January 29, 2026 at 12:20 PM
New podcast: Professor Alison Rowlands discusses her landmark book Witchcraft Narratives in Germany, 1561–1652.
The book explores the social and psychological forces behind witchcraft cases and explores early modern views of conflict, magic, family life and illness.
🎧: shorturl.at/Llr9L
The book explores the social and psychological forces behind witchcraft cases and explores early modern views of conflict, magic, family life and illness.
🎧: shorturl.at/Llr9L
Join us and the Centre for Public History TOMORROW, Weds 28 Jan, for a talk with Dr Andy Pearce on 'Knowing, remembering, and forgetting the Holocaust in 2026.' #HolocaustMemorialWeek
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University of Essex Holocaust Memorial Week | University of Essex
Each year the University of Essex run a week of events throughout Holocaust Memorial Week. Find out more about Holocaust Memorial Week at Essex.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Join us and the Centre for Public History TOMORROW, Weds 28 Jan, for a talk with Dr Andy Pearce on 'Knowing, remembering, and forgetting the Holocaust in 2026.' #HolocaustMemorialWeek
www.essex.ac.uk/event-series...
www.essex.ac.uk/event-series...
Prof Nadine Rossol (History) features as an expert in “Countdown to Dictatorship,” a new 4‑part documentary on the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism.
The series will air on 3 Feb 2026 on ZDF Info, but you can watch online now: shorturl.at/jdxuj
The series will air on 3 Feb 2026 on ZDF Info, but you can watch online now: shorturl.at/jdxuj
Countdown zur Diktatur
Warum lassen die Deutschen die Weimarer Republik, ihre erste Demokratie, zugrunde gehen? Wer trägt die Schuld am Sturz in Tyrannei und Terror?
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January 27, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Prof Nadine Rossol (History) features as an expert in “Countdown to Dictatorship,” a new 4‑part documentary on the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism.
The series will air on 3 Feb 2026 on ZDF Info, but you can watch online now: shorturl.at/jdxuj
The series will air on 3 Feb 2026 on ZDF Info, but you can watch online now: shorturl.at/jdxuj
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The first paperback copy of my book Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology just arrived! Available on the 15th March from @cornellupress.bsky.social: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
January 21, 2026 at 11:34 AM
The first paperback copy of my book Flooded Pasts: UNESCO, Nubia, and the Recolonization of Archaeology just arrived! Available on the 15th March from @cornellupress.bsky.social: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Did you catch Prof. Lucy Noakes on Inside the Factory on Monday evening?
Lucy joined fellow historian Ruth Goodman to discuss the vital role of the Women’s Voluntary Services, and especially their mobile canteens, during and after air raids in the Second World War.
BBC iPlayer: shorturl.at/WDt4F
Lucy joined fellow historian Ruth Goodman to discuss the vital role of the Women’s Voluntary Services, and especially their mobile canteens, during and after air raids in the Second World War.
BBC iPlayer: shorturl.at/WDt4F
BBC One - Inside the Factory, Series 10, Jammy Biscuits
Paddy McGuinness visits a huge factory producing 4.4 billion biscuits a year.
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January 8, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Did you catch Prof. Lucy Noakes on Inside the Factory on Monday evening?
Lucy joined fellow historian Ruth Goodman to discuss the vital role of the Women’s Voluntary Services, and especially their mobile canteens, during and after air raids in the Second World War.
BBC iPlayer: shorturl.at/WDt4F
Lucy joined fellow historian Ruth Goodman to discuss the vital role of the Women’s Voluntary Services, and especially their mobile canteens, during and after air raids in the Second World War.
BBC iPlayer: shorturl.at/WDt4F
A new article, 'Normal Sickness in our Psychiatric Present,’ from PHAIS's Professor Fabian Freyenhagen and Dr Polona Curk tells the story of the rise of “normal illness” and of what they call our “psychiatric present”.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A new article, 'Normal Sickness in our Psychiatric Present,’ from PHAIS's Professor Fabian Freyenhagen and Dr Polona Curk tells the story of the rise of “normal illness” and of what they call our “psychiatric present”.
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Prof. Nadine Rossol joins Louise Quick of History Hit and Prof. Matthew Feldman to uncover who was truly responsible for the rise of the Nazis. Was it all down to Hitler? The notorious propaganda machine? The economic chaos of the 1930s? Or something darker in human nature?
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December 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Prof. Nadine Rossol joins Louise Quick of History Hit and Prof. Matthew Feldman to uncover who was truly responsible for the rise of the Nazis. Was it all down to Hitler? The notorious propaganda machine? The economic chaos of the 1930s? Or something darker in human nature?
shorturl.at/d6mSB
shorturl.at/d6mSB
Postgraduate Research Opportunity
Collaborative Doctoral Award: Fulfilling the Broken Promise of Support for Mental Capacity in an Era of Assisted Dying: A Comparative, Applied-Philosophy Approach
More info here: www.essex.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Deadline for applications: Monday 9 February 2026.
Collaborative Doctoral Award: Fulfilling the Broken Promise of Support for Mental Capacity in an Era of Assisted Dying: A Comparative, Applied-Philosophy Approach
More info here: www.essex.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Deadline for applications: Monday 9 February 2026.
Fulfilling the Broken Promise of Support for Mental Capacity in an Era of Assisted Dying: A Comparative, Applied-Philosophy Approach | University of Essex
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December 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Postgraduate Research Opportunity
Collaborative Doctoral Award: Fulfilling the Broken Promise of Support for Mental Capacity in an Era of Assisted Dying: A Comparative, Applied-Philosophy Approach
More info here: www.essex.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Deadline for applications: Monday 9 February 2026.
Collaborative Doctoral Award: Fulfilling the Broken Promise of Support for Mental Capacity in an Era of Assisted Dying: A Comparative, Applied-Philosophy Approach
More info here: www.essex.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Deadline for applications: Monday 9 February 2026.
New York University’s La Maison Française is hosting an online event, ‘(Anti-)Psychiatry and Democracy’ featuring a talk by Professor Fabian Freyenhagen on ‘Against Psychiatric Power: Basaglia and Foucault’.
21 November, 3pm (UK time) - Fabian's talk begins at 4pm!
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21 November, 3pm (UK time) - Fabian's talk begins at 4pm!
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(Anti)-psychiatry and Democracy
In what ways can the critics of psychiatry and psychiatric institutions teach us new ways of thinking about democracy today?
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November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
New York University’s La Maison Française is hosting an online event, ‘(Anti-)Psychiatry and Democracy’ featuring a talk by Professor Fabian Freyenhagen on ‘Against Psychiatric Power: Basaglia and Foucault’.
21 November, 3pm (UK time) - Fabian's talk begins at 4pm!
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21 November, 3pm (UK time) - Fabian's talk begins at 4pm!
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Did you know you can start a Masters in Western Marxism in January 2026? Whenever you start, you'll qualify with the exact same degree.
Applications are now open! The deadlines are:
1 Dec 25 (student visa needed) OR
19 Dec 25 (no student visa needed)
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Applications are now open! The deadlines are:
1 Dec 25 (student visa needed) OR
19 Dec 25 (no student visa needed)
www.essex.ac.uk/postgraduate...
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Did you know you can start a Masters in Western Marxism in January 2026? Whenever you start, you'll qualify with the exact same degree.
Applications are now open! The deadlines are:
1 Dec 25 (student visa needed) OR
19 Dec 25 (no student visa needed)
www.essex.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Applications are now open! The deadlines are:
1 Dec 25 (student visa needed) OR
19 Dec 25 (no student visa needed)
www.essex.ac.uk/postgraduate...
A 1960's space age inspired silver dress is the centrepiece of a new exhibition curated by research student Amber Butchart.
The Synthetic Revolution at Haworth Art Gallery and Artists' Studios charts the history of polyester, from its Lancashire roots to fast fashion.
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The Synthetic Revolution at Haworth Art Gallery and Artists' Studios charts the history of polyester, from its Lancashire roots to fast fashion.
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Exhibition celebrates space age synthetics | University of Essex
Find out how the development of polyester and the space race revolutionised mid-20th century fashion at the latest exhibition curated by research student Amber Butchart.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A 1960's space age inspired silver dress is the centrepiece of a new exhibition curated by research student Amber Butchart.
The Synthetic Revolution at Haworth Art Gallery and Artists' Studios charts the history of polyester, from its Lancashire roots to fast fashion.
brnw.ch/21wWFk2
The Synthetic Revolution at Haworth Art Gallery and Artists' Studios charts the history of polyester, from its Lancashire roots to fast fashion.
brnw.ch/21wWFk2
Fabian Freyenhagen is speaking this week at a conference on Franco Basaglia, the Italian psychiatrist who worked from within psychiatry to abolish asylums in Italy.
Find out more: www.go2025.eu/en/whats-up/...
Find out more: www.go2025.eu/en/whats-up/...
Events - International Conference Franco Basaglia: Beyond the Borders - Gor
Upcoming events in Gorizia, University, Aula Magna; EPICenter in Super Osmica, Nova Gorica. International Conference Franco Basaglia: Beyond the Borders: dates,
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November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Fabian Freyenhagen is speaking this week at a conference on Franco Basaglia, the Italian psychiatrist who worked from within psychiatry to abolish asylums in Italy.
Find out more: www.go2025.eu/en/whats-up/...
Find out more: www.go2025.eu/en/whats-up/...
History PhD student Louise Rodwell is presenting at the Cambridge University Modern British History Workshop TODAY at 5:00pm with a paper titled 'Imagined Landscapes of the First World War.'
See details below or join online here: bit.ly/47saG3x
See details below or join online here: bit.ly/47saG3x
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 AM
History PhD student Louise Rodwell is presenting at the Cambridge University Modern British History Workshop TODAY at 5:00pm with a paper titled 'Imagined Landscapes of the First World War.'
See details below or join online here: bit.ly/47saG3x
See details below or join online here: bit.ly/47saG3x
"Change is not inevitable: reflections on The Big Think" by Dr Will Carruthers
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Change is not inevitable: reflections on The Big Think - UK Heritage Pulse
Reading the Big Think responses, what struck me the most is that they are thoughtful and pragmatic in the face… | Continue reading: Change is not inevitable: reflections on The Big Think
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October 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"Change is not inevitable: reflections on The Big Think" by Dr Will Carruthers
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TODAY @ 3pm: Dr Jörg Schaub discusses 'Two Models of Aesthetic Freedom: Schiller, Hegel, and the Freedom of the Whole Human Being.'
Join us in TC1.10 or online (email phaispg@essex.ac.uk for link)
Join us in TC1.10 or online (email phaispg@essex.ac.uk for link)
October 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
TODAY @ 3pm: Dr Jörg Schaub discusses 'Two Models of Aesthetic Freedom: Schiller, Hegel, and the Freedom of the Whole Human Being.'
Join us in TC1.10 or online (email phaispg@essex.ac.uk for link)
Join us in TC1.10 or online (email phaispg@essex.ac.uk for link)
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This week, the Society's President Lucy Noakes wrote in response to Bridget Phillipson's Labour conference speech - and its implications for history and the humanities in UK higher education bit.ly/3KBX7Fw
#Skystorians
#Skystorians
October 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This week, the Society's President Lucy Noakes wrote in response to Bridget Phillipson's Labour conference speech - and its implications for history and the humanities in UK higher education bit.ly/3KBX7Fw
#Skystorians
#Skystorians
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Booking is now open for this year's Royal Historical Society Public History Lecture, with @greshamcollege.bsky.social:
'Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother', with Daniel Finkelstein bit.ly/4op6Wpd
6-7pm, Tuesday 4 November: in person and online #Skystorians 1/2
'Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother', with Daniel Finkelstein bit.ly/4op6Wpd
6-7pm, Tuesday 4 November: in person and online #Skystorians 1/2
Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother
This is the annual Royal Historical Society Lecture.
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October 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Booking is now open for this year's Royal Historical Society Public History Lecture, with @greshamcollege.bsky.social:
'Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother', with Daniel Finkelstein bit.ly/4op6Wpd
6-7pm, Tuesday 4 November: in person and online #Skystorians 1/2
'Minor Criminal: The Trial of the Man Who Murdered My Grandmother', with Daniel Finkelstein bit.ly/4op6Wpd
6-7pm, Tuesday 4 November: in person and online #Skystorians 1/2
Please join the University of Essex Centre for Environment and Society on Wednesday October 15th for a panel discussion and Q&A: Renaturing: Experiences, Practices, Challenges.
Dr Jane Hindley will be on the panel. Don't miss it!
Dr Jane Hindley will be on the panel. Don't miss it!
October 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Please join the University of Essex Centre for Environment and Society on Wednesday October 15th for a panel discussion and Q&A: Renaturing: Experiences, Practices, Challenges.
Dr Jane Hindley will be on the panel. Don't miss it!
Dr Jane Hindley will be on the panel. Don't miss it!
"More than just sportswear" - read former MA Heritage & Museum Studies student Stijn van Gerrevink's article on football shirts as heritage:
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Football Shirts as Heritage: Archiving Identity - Football Makes History
This article examines the approaches of three English clubs to archiving football shirts, highlighting their heritage value as symbols of identity, memory, and community.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"More than just sportswear" - read former MA Heritage & Museum Studies student Stijn van Gerrevink's article on football shirts as heritage:
footballmakeshistory.eu/football-shi...
footballmakeshistory.eu/football-shi...
Virtual reality can be a healing tool for disaster-hit communities, according to new research by the REPLACE Project: www.essex.ac.uk/research-pro...
Our recent publication was featured in The Conversation (bit.ly/4gTEVU0).
This piece discusses four ways in which Virtual Reality can help communities heal after disasters.
Check our paper published in the International Journal of Heritage Studies: lnkd.in/dZ3qkXes
This piece discusses four ways in which Virtual Reality can help communities heal after disasters.
Check our paper published in the International Journal of Heritage Studies: lnkd.in/dZ3qkXes
Four ways virtual reality can help communities heal after disasters
New research shows VR can produce immersive digital environments that provide a space where people can mourn, reflect, reconnect and share.
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October 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Virtual reality can be a healing tool for disaster-hit communities, according to new research by the REPLACE Project: www.essex.ac.uk/research-pro...
Emotion, agency and identity.
Professor Nadine Rossol examines flag conflicts in Germany during the 1920s and 30s, and what we can learn from history about current English 'flag wars'.
Read the @royalhistsoc.org article: brnw.ch/21wVYZq
Professor Nadine Rossol examines flag conflicts in Germany during the 1920s and 30s, and what we can learn from history about current English 'flag wars'.
Read the @royalhistsoc.org article: brnw.ch/21wVYZq
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Emotion, agency and identity.
Professor Nadine Rossol examines flag conflicts in Germany during the 1920s and 30s, and what we can learn from history about current English 'flag wars'.
Read the @royalhistsoc.org article: brnw.ch/21wVYZq
Professor Nadine Rossol examines flag conflicts in Germany during the 1920s and 30s, and what we can learn from history about current English 'flag wars'.
Read the @royalhistsoc.org article: brnw.ch/21wVYZq
Don't miss this screening of 'Wind, Tide & Oar' by one of our Philosophy students!
Saturday 13 September, 7:30pm, William Loveless Hall (Wivenhoe)
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Saturday 13 September, 7:30pm, William Loveless Hall (Wivenhoe)
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Wind, Tide & Oar | MOVING IMAGE
This is a charity event in support of The Ferry Trust, with profits going towards the purchase of a new boat and in celebration of Wivenhoe's sailing history. The cost of tickets will be £10 each. Win...
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September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Don't miss this screening of 'Wind, Tide & Oar' by one of our Philosophy students!
Saturday 13 September, 7:30pm, William Loveless Hall (Wivenhoe)
www.movingimage.org.uk/events/wind-...
Saturday 13 September, 7:30pm, William Loveless Hall (Wivenhoe)
www.movingimage.org.uk/events/wind-...
Spaces still available for the 3rd CICSI Summer School, "SICK NORMALITIES: CHANGING PRACTICES, CHANGING SELVES"! To book your place or for more information, please click here: www.cicsi-uni.org/summer-schoo...
September 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Spaces still available for the 3rd CICSI Summer School, "SICK NORMALITIES: CHANGING PRACTICES, CHANGING SELVES"! To book your place or for more information, please click here: www.cicsi-uni.org/summer-schoo...
FINAL REMINDER to our PGR students - survey closes on 31 August!
PHAIS PGR students, we need your help! Please complete the PGR Student Voice Survey to have your say on what works, and where we could make improvements.
August 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
FINAL REMINDER to our PGR students - survey closes on 31 August!