Online event: Friday 9th June 10am-3pm To join the event, please email caroline.nielsen@northampton.ac.uk Timings (approx)Programme10amWelcome to the EventPanel 1: Self and Identity10:05- 11:30amFrancesca Benson (University of Derby) The Sacred and the Profane: Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Gravestones in Clifton Campville, Staffordshire Lizzy Reynolds (University of Lincoln) The power of Understanding Why: Exploring the Importance of Contextualizing... Continue Reading →
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Supporting Students, Supporting Staff
CPD Training Event at the University of Northampton in partnership with UKAT UK Academic Advising and Tutoring! The History team at Northampton and the East Midlands Centre for History Teaching and Learning in HE is pleased to announce that booking is open for our upcoming inspiring workshop, 'Managing Students in Distress'. Working with trainers from... Continue Reading →
She-wolves and crossbows: a tale of three Margarets
In my last post I promised to give you some examples of interesting medieval women, whose experiences pushed beyond the misogynistic limitations they were theoretically subject to in a patriarchal society. As I'm a specialist in the fifteenth century, and I teach a third year undergraduate module on the Wars of the Roses, I thought... Continue Reading →
Becoming a woman in the Middle Ages
The very best woman (who is rarer than the phoenix) cannot be loved without the bitterness of fear, anxiety, and frequent misfortune. Wicked women, however – who swarm so abundantly that no place is free from their wickedness – sting sharply when they are loved; they give their time to tormenting a man until his... Continue Reading →
How to Locate and Access Distant Sources for Your History Dissertation
Stuck on your undergraduate History Dissertation? Help is at Hand! This blog post is one in a series dealing with the most commonly issues faced by students researching and writing their final year History dissertation or thesis. Author: Caroline Nielsen, Programme Leader for BA History at the University of Northampton. "Most of my planned primary... Continue Reading →
How to Find Your Undergraduate History Dissertation Topic
Stuck on your History dissertation? Help is at hand! This blog post is one in a series dealing with the most commonly issues faced by students researching and writing their final year History dissertation or thesis. Author: Caroline Nielsen, Programme Leader for BA History at the University of Northampton. This blog post deals with a... Continue Reading →
Stuck on Your History Dissertation? Help is at Hand!
Don't know where to start with your undergraduate History dissertation? This blog post series by Dr Caroline Nielsen will go through commonly asked questions and recurring issues faced by students researching and writing their final year History dissertation. Help! “Help, I don’t know what to do for my dissertation. I’m interested in loads of areas... Continue Reading →
Re-enactment in the classroom
Here at the University of Northampton our first years have the option to take HIS1028 'United States: War and Society, 1610-2020'. I am a specialist on the eighteenth century, so I teach the segment that covers the Seven Years' War and the War of American Independence. I always start with a class on how to... Continue Reading →
I am sick of love: A medieval Valentine
A shorter version of this blog post originally appeared on the University of Northampton news page for Valentine's Day. Fountain pen writing the word "Love" on paper. Photo by John Jennings on Unsplash Love it or loathe it, Valentine’s Day is a holiday that’s hard to escape. But you might be surprised to learn it... Continue Reading →
Glimpses into Others’ Lives at the British Museum
History is all about stories. The stories we tell ourselves about the past. The stories we tell ourselves about the past, about our communities, about ourselves. The British Museum’s vast and world-famous collections hold multiple examples of stories around the globe. Some of these stories are easily accessible to us via the objects. Others are... Continue Reading →
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