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From the Archives: The First Hayes-Robinson Lecture in 1932
26 Feb 2025The Department of History will soon hold our latest Hayes-Robinson Lecture, which commemorates Margaret Hayes-Robinson who headed our department from 1899 to 1911.
Welcome to our new RLF Fellow
14 Oct 2024London author Tony White is the new Royal Literary Fund (RLF) Fellow on campus and he’s here to help you improve your writing
Absolutely smashing it, team! Hard graft is paying off…
13 Sept 2024We have just been ranked 21st out of 90 U.K. institutions in the Guardian and 19th in the Daily Mail - we just keep rising!
Alumna Aleema Gray curates 'Beyond the Bassline'
09 May 2024Aleema was a lovely student and went to Warwick University for her PhD on Rastafarian culture. We’re so thrilled for her and can’t wait to find out what her next step is - GO ALEEMA!
Dr. Leonie Hannan - A Culture of Curiosity: Science in the Eighteenth-Century Home (14th May)
08 May 2024Jane Hamlett and The Bedford Centre are hosting a really *curious* talk (get it?) by Dr. Leonie Hannan.
History Extra podcast: Prof. Kate Cooper - Re-examining Women in the Roman Empire
02 May 2024On History Extra Kate told Rob Attar stories about Augustine’s mother, his lover, his fiancée and the Roman empress Justina (not the same person).
Rewriting the First Crusade (Dr. Tom Smith 29th April)
26 Apr 2024The letters stemming from the First Crusade are premier sources for understanding the launch, campaign, and aftermath of the expedition. Smith argues that some letters are post-hoc ‘inventions’.
Archives in/of Transit
21 Apr 2024On 28 and 29 June 2024, we have a great event happening at University of Southern California. “Archives in/of Transit: Historical Perspectives from the 1930s to the Present”.
Fresh from You’re Dead To Me w/Greg Jenner & David Mitchell...
19 Apr 2024Julia Leikin reigns supreme in, 'Russia’s Mediterranean Moment: Constellations of Sovereignty and the Making of a Region, 1770-1830' (University of Chicago Press).
Interview and Reading with Jonathan Coe
17 Apr 2024Join us on Tuesday 7 May 2024 to listen to Jonathon Coe, in conversation with HRI professors, historian Dan Stone and literary critic Robert Eaglestone, talk about his work.
