Tag: historical association

Celebrating our History Prize Winners

As we approach our graduation ceremonies, it is time to congratulate our prize winners for 2021 and for 2020 (as graduation could not take place last year due to the pandemic). Every year our students are presented with…

Black History Month in Cheltenham: A Review

This review was written by 2nd year undergraduate student Jenna M. Pateman. As November begins, I felt it was right to look back at this year’s Black History Month in Cheltenham, a yearly event put together by a number…

A New Start!

The start of the new academic year is here! Today we welcome back returning students embarking on their final year, those beginning their second year, and let’s not forget our part-time students who are at various stages of…

Historical Association – New Branch Program released

As we await the start of the new academic year, we are drawing up a number of plans for our extracurricular activities for the year ahead. Next month, a number of events will take place at FCH for…

A February Full of Activities

This month is looking like quite a busy one (in a good way!) for students and staff in History. We have a range of events, papers and seminars taking place over the next few weeks, all of which…

Gloucestershire Historical Association 2014-15

A new academic year is upon us, and that also means a new round of fascinating talks from the Gloucestershire Historical Association. Topics include Africans in Tudor and Stuart Britain, the Napoleonic Prussian General Marshal Blucher, pilgrimage in Spain…

Dr Rodney Atwood, ‘The British Army’s Victory in Afghanistan, 1880’, 17th March 2014

In this post, one of our first-year History undergraduates, Ben Stagg, writes about the recent talk by Dr Rodney Atwood at the Gloucestershire branch of the Historical Association. On the evening of Monday 17th March 2014 (St. Patrick’s…

Congratulations to John Howe

History staff send their hearty congratulations to their former History colleague John Howe, who has recently been made an Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association. John Howe taught History to undergraduates at what is now the University of…

Historical Association, Gloucestershire Branch

The Gloucestershire Branch of the Historical Association hosts numerous fascinating talks throughout the year which are always well worth attending. This year’s programme commences on September 23rd, with the Annual General Meeting and a talk by David Swinson…