History News

The Times Higher Education (THE) has published an article, "Why the UK government should care about Giulio Regeni", by Neil Pyper and Hannah Waddilove, a Warwick University PhD student co-supervised by the departments of History and Politics and International Studies.

As part of the LGBT History Month, there will be an exhibition of LGBT history-related documents in the Warwick University Modern Records Centre (MRC) that will be available throughout February. At 5:30pm on Monday 8th February 2016 there is an open reception featuring some of the additional documents that have not been included in the main exhibit. At 6pm there will be a discussion panel entitled, "Let’s Talk Sexuality: issues facing women and non-binary people in today’s LGBT+ community", which will be run jointly with the Warwick Anti-Sexism Society (WASS).

 
Ruth Lemon (MA History 2013-15) graduated from Warwick in July 2015, and is featured this month as the Warwick University Alumnus of the Month. She has been living in Cambodia for the past 18 months where she teaches English part time. She has volunteered and worked at Sovann Komar’s Children Village sporadically since 2009. Sovann Komar is an orphanage, home to 55 children who live with surrogate parents in a safe, clean, village-like community. She now runs SKOPE (Sovann Komar Outreach Program for Education) which is the part of their charity seeking to help others outside their orphanage. They locate poor, rural schools and provide vital education supplies such as exercise books, water wells, toilet blocks, teaching equipment, and stationery.

For more details, please see the Alumnus of the Month webpages.
 

The website of the People's History of the NHS, ran by the research team of the Cultural History of the NHS project at the Centre for the History of Medicine in the Warwick University History Department, has now been launched:

The People’s History of the NHS allows you to help us research what the NHS means and how it has shaped our lives since its creation. It is part of our bigger academic project investigating the cultural history of the NHS, funded by the Wellcome Trust. Collecting personal stories and memories about the NHS is one of our central objectives.

Former History research student John Morgan (now an Economic History Society Power Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research in London), who successfully defended his Warwick PhD thesis earlier this month, was highly commended in the 2015 Journal of Historical Geography Best Paper Prize. His article 'Understanding Flooding in Early Modern England' (vol. 50, pp. 37-50) was one of three runners-up in this prestigious competition and the department would like to congratulate him on this success.

The Department of History seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in Early Modern British History. Applicants will conduct research in Early Modern British History, and be prepared to work in collaboration with colleagues within the Department, and across the University. Applicants will be expected to build research networks in your specialism beyond the University.

Applicants will have a proven record of achievement in research, with clear potential for/or demonstrated excellence in publication in an area or areas of Early Modern British History. Applicants will have undergraduate teaching experience, and experience of/or the potential to engage in postgraduate teaching. Applicants will have knowledge of applying for funding, and the potential to participate in collaborative grant initiatives and management. Applicants will be expected to participate as appropriate in the administration of the History Department.

Please direct all informal inquiries to Professor Daniel Branch, Head of Department, at D.P.Branch@warwick.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 27th January 2016, and the full advert and details of how to apply are available online.
 

The Department is pleased to announce that it will be offering a range of History and History of Medicine Doctoral and Masters scholarships for October 2016 admission. Closing dates: 19 January 2016 for MPhil/PhD applicants and 15 February 2016 for MA applicants.

To be considered, candidates should complete an online University application.

For full details of the awards and the application procedure, please visit the PG Funding Opportunities webpage.

 
Dr J E Smyth of the Warwick University History Department has two pieces published in the latest issue of Cineaste, America's leading magazine on the art and politics of the cinema. A film review of Suffragette and 'The Past, Present, and Future of Women's History on Screen: An Interview with Sarah Gavron'.