15 March 2013
This is a report from our third year History student, Micky Gibbard, based on his experiences at the recent Protest History workshop, hosted on 2nd March at the University of Gloucestershire. — The weekend of the 2nd of…
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8 March 2013 marks the centenary of International Women’s Day celebrations in Russia. International Women’s Day has its origins at the women’s conference of the Second International in Copenhagen in 1910 with the aim of furthering the cause…
Read more26 February 2013
The Tewkesbury Historical Society plays host to Dr Madge Dresser on March 21st. Dr Dresser, author of Slavery Obscured, will be delivering an illustrated talk on the topic of Britain’s slave trade at Tewkesbury Methodist Church from 7.45pm….
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New approaches to the history of popular protest and resistance in Britain and Ireland, 1500-1900 Workshop 3, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, Saturday 2 March, 2013 Landscapes of resistance: figuring the places and spaces of protest and politics past….
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Readers of earlier posts on the blog (and some of my students!) will know that I urge people to read the “quality” press in order to follow the news and also to get book (and other) reviews. Two…
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It has been a bumper couple of weeks at the movies for students of American History: first Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained combining aspects of slave history with the style of a spaghetti western, then Steven Spielberg’s bio-pic Lincoln…
Read more24 January 2013
Hannah Grist – Introduction to Paper: “Dennis Potter Heritage Project: Autoethnography as Methodology” In this paper I will explore a part of the layered methodological approach I have adopted to study the heritage sector-led management of Dennis Potter’s…
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History students/graduates may be interested in a traineeship being offered at the Gloucestershire Archive, which will run from April 2013 – March 2014 and is part of The National Archives’ Opening Up Archives programme. The National Archives (TNA)…
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The graduation ceremony last week was the usual great event – seeing last year’s students graduate is always enjoyable, and meeting proud parents makes you realize how important degrees are to individuals and families. It is good to…
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In gathering links for another of my intermittent trawls through the early modern internet, I came across an article in the Los Angeles Review of Books which requires more than just a passing reference. ‘Why Stephen Greenblatt is…
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