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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
February 2023 is UK LGBTQ+ History Month! UON Library Wellbeing Collection. Thanks to Jefferson Lake, Senior Lecturer in Multimedia Sports Journalism at UON, for the photo! UON is celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month through a series of inclusive events throughout February for both students and staff. The theme for this year's festival is #BehindtheLens, celebrating the... Continue Reading →
A historian from the University of Northampton is appearing in a TV documentary series. Matthew McCormack will feature in two episodes of The Royals: A History of Scandals on More4, starting a 9pm on Monday 30 January 2023. The series is presented by the historian Suzannah Lipscomb and focuses on scandalous episodes from the history... Continue Reading →
The arrest of the Cato Street conspirators On the final day of the Christmas break I went for a walk around some of the sites mentioned in Vic Gatrell’s new study of the 1820 Cato Street conspiracy. Strolling around my home city of London with a camera is one of my favorite ways to spend... Continue Reading →
On 15 November 2022, the Historians at the University of Northampton are holding a special event at Northampton Museum, called 'The History of Northampton in Emotional Objects'. This event is part of the national Being Human Festival, which is an opportunity for members of the public to get involved in the exciting work being done... Continue Reading →
Earlier this year, the Northampton Branch of the Historical Association relaunched with support from the University of Northampton. This academic year we are offering a programme of talks, which will take place online, on campus or in local schools. 20 October, 7pm online: Prof Matthew McCormack (UON) ‘Black histories of the American Revolution’ This talk... Continue Reading →
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