Durham History
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Durham University's Department of History is nestled right at the heart of this historic city, sitting alongside the World Heritage Cathedral and Castle.
🧀Our next History Department Research Seminar will be delivered by Dr Alexandra Sapoznik (Kings College London) on Wednesday 19 November, Elvet Riverside 142, 3.30–5pm. The title is 'Cheese in the Medieval Mediterranean: Environment, Trade, and Culture’. All welcome! 🧀
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🧀Our next History Department Research Seminar will be delivered by Dr Alexandra Sapoznik (Kings College London) on Wednesday 19 November, Elvet Riverside 142, 3.30–5pm. The title is 'Cheese in the Medieval Mediterranean: Environment, Trade, and Culture’. All welcome! 🧀
Congratulations to Rachel Harkes on her book *Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society*, which is based on her Durham PhD thesis – published OA with the @royalhistsoc.org series New Historical Perspectives
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Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society - University of London Press
Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society is an ambitious and innovative study of the social, political and religious histories of medieval England and Wales. Using the Palmers’ Guild of Ludlow as a...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Congratulations to Rachel Harkes on her book *Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society*, which is based on her Durham PhD thesis – published OA with the @royalhistsoc.org series New Historical Perspectives
uolpress.co.uk/book/forging...
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uolpress.co.uk/book/forging...
@latemedievalist.bsky.social
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Tom Hamilton reçoit le prix Natalie Zemon Davis pour son très très grand livre. Un chef d’œuvre d’anthropologie judiciaire qui éclaire la sortie des guerres de religion: palpitant et virtuose. On ne pouvait rêver mieux pour ce beau prix !
Huge congratulations to @tombhamilton.bsky.social on the launch of his brand new book 'A Widow's Vengeance After the Wars of Religion: Gender & Justice in Renaissance France.' You can order a copy here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Tom Hamilton reçoit le prix Natalie Zemon Davis pour son très très grand livre. Un chef d’œuvre d’anthropologie judiciaire qui éclaire la sortie des guerres de religion: palpitant et virtuose. On ne pouvait rêver mieux pour ce beau prix !
Sarah Davies' work on Cold War cultural diplomacy featured in the Guardian – why Stalin hated Hamlet and much more...
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Gameshows, Cliff Richard and Stalin’s most hated play: the British culture sent behind the iron curtain
A thaw in relations during the Cold War led to some surprising collaborations between the two nations, involving everyone from Laurence Olivier and Rudolf Nureyev to Gilbert and George. As relations i...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Sarah Davies' work on Cold War cultural diplomacy featured in the Guardian – why Stalin hated Hamlet and much more...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
'Sick Leave of Customary Tenants in Late Medieval England' – new article by Grace Owen, Alex Brown, and Tudor Skinner in the Journal of British Studies bit.ly/4hrVxCs (with colourful charts too!)
October 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
'Sick Leave of Customary Tenants in Late Medieval England' – new article by Grace Owen, Alex Brown, and Tudor Skinner in the Journal of British Studies bit.ly/4hrVxCs (with colourful charts too!)
New article by Nick McGee in the American Historical Review, 'To Change in China: Late-Qing Naturalizations and their Historical Erasure'
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To Change in China: Late-Qing Naturalizations and their Historical Erasure
Abstract. This article brings together sources from China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France to explore the rare and fraught cases of Ameri
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October 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
New article by Nick McGee in the American Historical Review, 'To Change in China: Late-Qing Naturalizations and their Historical Erasure'
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🎺 Congratulations to Gabby Treglia, it's publication day for her book *Education for Preservation: Examining Native American Education Policy in the New Deal, 1933–1945*! 🎉
kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640737/
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Education for Preservation?
A groundbreaking new examination of federal Indian boarding schools in the New Deal era and the threats it posed to Indigenous sovereignty, from the old dang...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🎺 Congratulations to Gabby Treglia, it's publication day for her book *Education for Preservation: Examining Native American Education Policy in the New Deal, 1933–1945*! 🎉
kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640737/
kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640737/
Joe Martin has a new article out in History Today! The dismissal of a government scientist over the unproven battery additive AD-X2 galvanised the American scientific community in the 1950s
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AD-X2: When US Politicians Took on Science
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October 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Joe Martin has a new article out in History Today! The dismissal of a government scientist over the unproven battery additive AD-X2 galvanised the American scientific community in the 1950s
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...
Massive congratulations to our wonderful @liamliburd.bsky.social for the publication of his new article "The Lost Pillar of British Political Culture: Black Constructions of British Fascism, 1930s–1970s" in The Journal of British Studies. 🎉https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2025.10129
The Lost Pillar of British Political Culture: Black Constructions of British Fascism, 1930s–1970s | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core
The Lost Pillar of British Political Culture: Black Constructions of British Fascism, 1930s–1970s - Volume 64
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October 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Massive congratulations to our wonderful @liamliburd.bsky.social for the publication of his new article "The Lost Pillar of British Political Culture: Black Constructions of British Fascism, 1930s–1970s" in The Journal of British Studies. 🎉https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2025.10129
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Sign-up for the Northern Environmental History Network's first talk of 2025/26 is now available!
📆28/10 15:00
@eseh.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social @imems.bsky.social @durhamhistory.bsky.social @cemsexeter.bsky.social @esehnextgate.bsky.social @asle-us.bsky.social
📆28/10 15:00
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For those looking forward to Thomas' talk on historical environmental medicine in a a couple of weeks, you can now sign up using the eventbrite link below. Looking forward to seeing you online at 1500 GMT on the 28th of October.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Sign-up for the Northern Environmental History Network's first talk of 2025/26 is now available!
📆28/10 15:00
@eseh.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social @imems.bsky.social @durhamhistory.bsky.social @cemsexeter.bsky.social @esehnextgate.bsky.social @asle-us.bsky.social
📆28/10 15:00
@eseh.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @ihr.bsky.social @imems.bsky.social @durhamhistory.bsky.social @cemsexeter.bsky.social @esehnextgate.bsky.social @asle-us.bsky.social
History and art combine to bring hidden stories of Black communities to life – featuring our colleagues Amanda Herbert and Liam Liburd @liamliburd.bsky.social with Heworth Grange School in Gateshead
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History and art combine to bring hidden stories of Black communities to life - Durham University
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October 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
History and art combine to bring hidden stories of Black communities to life – featuring our colleagues Amanda Herbert and Liam Liburd @liamliburd.bsky.social with Heworth Grange School in Gateshead
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
🚨 JOB ALERT🚨
We are looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern). This Grade 8 open-ended position has an application deadline of 28/09/2025. Click below to learn more and apply. Please share widely!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...
We are looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern). This Grade 8 open-ended position has an application deadline of 28/09/2025. Click below to learn more and apply. Please share widely!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...
Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern) at Durham University
Apply now for the Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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August 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🚨 JOB ALERT🚨
We are looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern). This Grade 8 open-ended position has an application deadline of 28/09/2025. Click below to learn more and apply. Please share widely!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...
We are looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern). This Grade 8 open-ended position has an application deadline of 28/09/2025. Click below to learn more and apply. Please share widely!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ050/a...
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From the current issue: "Saving, Inheritance and Future-Making in 1940s Kenya"
by Christian Velasco (CIDE, Ciudad de México) and Justin Willis (@durhamhistory.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Christian Velasco (CIDE, Ciudad de México) and Justin Willis (@durhamhistory.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Saving, Inheritance and Future-Making in 1940s Kenya
Abstract. The colonial state in Kenya offered its African subjects a novel tool for imagining a future life. The Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) was meant
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August 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
From the current issue: "Saving, Inheritance and Future-Making in 1940s Kenya"
by Christian Velasco (CIDE, Ciudad de México) and Justin Willis (@durhamhistory.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Christian Velasco (CIDE, Ciudad de México) and Justin Willis (@durhamhistory.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Huge congratulations to @hibbertsalex.bsky.social for the publication of a new article in the @royalhistsoc.org journal 'Transactions'!
Alex's article is available here: doi.org/10.1017/S008...
See also the blog post that Alex has written to mark its release: blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/07/27/f...
Alex's article is available here: doi.org/10.1017/S008...
See also the blog post that Alex has written to mark its release: blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/07/27/f...
July 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Huge congratulations to @hibbertsalex.bsky.social for the publication of a new article in the @royalhistsoc.org journal 'Transactions'!
Alex's article is available here: doi.org/10.1017/S008...
See also the blog post that Alex has written to mark its release: blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/07/27/f...
Alex's article is available here: doi.org/10.1017/S008...
See also the blog post that Alex has written to mark its release: blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/07/27/f...
Huge congratulations to our student Ben Sharp for winning the DC Watt Prize with the Transatlantic Studies Association (TSA). Ben's paper will now be published as an article in the TSA's Journal of Transatlantic Studies. 🥳
More info can be found here: www.transatlanticstudies.com/dc-watt-prize
More info can be found here: www.transatlanticstudies.com/dc-watt-prize
DC Watt Prize — Transatlantic Studies Association
DC WATT PRIZE
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July 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Huge congratulations to our student Ben Sharp for winning the DC Watt Prize with the Transatlantic Studies Association (TSA). Ben's paper will now be published as an article in the TSA's Journal of Transatlantic Studies. 🥳
More info can be found here: www.transatlanticstudies.com/dc-watt-prize
More info can be found here: www.transatlanticstudies.com/dc-watt-prize
We're recruiting for the role of Professor in Pre-Modern Heritage Collections, deadline 7 July, as part of the Heritage 360 funded project, with full details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK253/p...
Professor in Pre-Modern Heritage Collections at Durham University
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Professor in Pre-Modern Heritage Collections opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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June 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We're recruiting for the role of Professor in Pre-Modern Heritage Collections, deadline 7 July, as part of the Heritage 360 funded project, with full details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK253/p...
We're excited that Amanda Vickery is coming to Durham this Thursday 26 June to talk about 'Making and Visualising British Beauty: Provincial Women and Miss Great Britain, 1945–1970'
All welcome! Takes place at 15.30-17.00 in Elvet Riverside ER140
All welcome! Takes place at 15.30-17.00 in Elvet Riverside ER140
June 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
We're excited that Amanda Vickery is coming to Durham this Thursday 26 June to talk about 'Making and Visualising British Beauty: Provincial Women and Miss Great Britain, 1945–1970'
All welcome! Takes place at 15.30-17.00 in Elvet Riverside ER140
All welcome! Takes place at 15.30-17.00 in Elvet Riverside ER140
Why does Hitler still cast a shadow over the world? Benedetta Carnaghi (@benecarnaghi.bsky.social) features in this BBC feature: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzXM...
Why does Hitler still cast a shadow over the world? - BBC World Service
YouTube video by BBC World Service
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June 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Why does Hitler still cast a shadow over the world? Benedetta Carnaghi (@benecarnaghi.bsky.social) features in this BBC feature: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzXM...
Still time to apply for this 24-month post as Career Development Fellow in Modern World History – deadline 23 June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ236/c...
Career Development Fellow in Modern World History at Durham University
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Career Development Fellow in Modern World History opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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June 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Still time to apply for this 24-month post as Career Development Fellow in Modern World History – deadline 23 June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ236/c...
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If you published your first book in French history in 2024, you might like to submit it for the Society for the Study of French History Book Prize, deadline 31 July 2025 and more details here: frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/ssfh-book-pr...
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SSFH Book Prize – SSFH
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June 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
If you published your first book in French history in 2024, you might like to submit it for the Society for the Study of French History Book Prize, deadline 31 July 2025 and more details here: frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/ssfh-book-pr...
@frenchhistory.bsky.social
@frenchhistory.bsky.social
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From the current issue: "Saving, Inheritance and Future-Making in 1940s Kenya"
by Christian Velasco (CIDE, Ciudad de México) and Justin Willis (@durhamhistory.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Christian Velasco (CIDE, Ciudad de México) and Justin Willis (@durhamhistory.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Saving, Inheritance and Future-Making in 1940s Kenya
Abstract. The colonial state in Kenya offered its African subjects a novel tool for imagining a future life. The Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) was meant
doi.org
June 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
From the current issue: "Saving, Inheritance and Future-Making in 1940s Kenya"
by Christian Velasco (CIDE, Ciudad de México) and Justin Willis (@durhamhistory.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Christian Velasco (CIDE, Ciudad de México) and Justin Willis (@durhamhistory.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
We are proud to announce that the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of which we are a part has been granted the Athena Swan Silver Award! Massive thanks to our colleagues Dr Alex Barber and Prof. Rebecca Clifford for all their hard work in putting together our contribution. 🎉
June 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are proud to announce that the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of which we are a part has been granted the Athena Swan Silver Award! Massive thanks to our colleagues Dr Alex Barber and Prof. Rebecca Clifford for all their hard work in putting together our contribution. 🎉
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Last month we hosted the amazing Siobhan Lambert-Hurley @sheffielduni.bsky.social for the @durhamhistory.bsky.social Seminar. She spoke on royal women's relationship to food & shaping of a discourse on ideal diets in princely India, with great insights on doing Gender & Food Histories in South Asia.
June 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Last month we hosted the amazing Siobhan Lambert-Hurley @sheffielduni.bsky.social for the @durhamhistory.bsky.social Seminar. She spoke on royal women's relationship to food & shaping of a discourse on ideal diets in princely India, with great insights on doing Gender & Food Histories in South Asia.
Christian Liddy is part of this wide-ranging feature on 'Lordship in the Later Middle Ages: A Round Table Discussion' @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social academic.oup.com/past/article...
Lordship in the Later Middle Ages: A Round Table Discussion
Abstract. Over the last few years, a number of articles have featured in Past and Present on the subject of late medieval lordship. Three were accepted wit
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June 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Christian Liddy is part of this wide-ranging feature on 'Lordship in the Later Middle Ages: A Round Table Discussion' @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social academic.oup.com/past/article...
Calling all undergraduates! Are you not ready to put down the books yet? Got a topic, time period, or theme that you want to explore further? Want to hone your critical thinking skills? Then come along on to the Confluence Building on June 10th to find out more about doing a History MA with us.
May 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Calling all undergraduates! Are you not ready to put down the books yet? Got a topic, time period, or theme that you want to explore further? Want to hone your critical thinking skills? Then come along on to the Confluence Building on June 10th to find out more about doing a History MA with us.