Extracurricular and Engagement Opportunities
There are many seminars, workshops and talks that Undergraduate and Postgraduate students can attend. Keep up to date by looking at the Department Calendar, or by following the Department on Facebook.
Engagement Opportunities
Week 5 Wellbeing Event - Meet the Alpacas
Join us on Tuesday 07 February in FAB3.57 at 1.30pm - 3.30pm for a chance to meet the Alpaca Pals. Our visiting alpacas can help with reducing anxiety with their calm and gentle natures. Staff from WellbeingLink opens in a new window will also be on hand to speak to you and support you.
The alpaca is a rare and precious animal thought to be a cross between llamas and vicuñas some 6000 years ago. Alpacas have had a turbulent history. Treasured by the ancient Inca civilisation, their fine fleeces were reserved for Incan royalty. Together with their close relatives, the llamas, alpacas provided clothing, food, fuel and, no doubt, companionship as domesticated animals high in the altiplano of Peru, Chile and Bolivia.
History is not just found in text, in films or online. Explore a variety of walks around the University of Warwick and the local towns and cities and learn about the histories that surround us.
For more information, visit the History Walks page.
Black History Month, October
Discussion and Pizza 1-2pm, 12 October 2022. Social Learning Space FAB Floor 3:
Meet other students and members of staff interested in researching themes related to Black History at this relaxed lunchtime event. Pizza will be served.
Talk Wednesday 19 October, 1-2pm
Come and hear about Hannah Dennet's experience curating the exhibition, Tiny Traces: African and Asian Lives at London's Foundling Hospital which is currently on at the Foundling Hospital: https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/Link opens in a new window
Hannah is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Warwick and the exhibition is part of her project, 'Forgotten Foundlings: Black lives and the eighteenth-century Foundling Hospital.': https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/students/eportfolios/u1966016/Link opens in a new window
You can read more about the exhibition in Hannah's blogs:
This one for Women's History Network, highlights the stories of two of the mothers in the exhibition: https://womenshistorynetwork.org/without-friends-or-money-african-and-asian-mothers-and-the-eighteenth-century-foundling-hospital-hannah-dennett/
Hannah has also written a short blog about curating the exhibition on the GHCC website here.
You might be interested in the write up of this Now and Then seminar about colonialism and commemoration.
One of our undergraduate researchers has been reflecting on decolonising the curriculum.
Disability History Month, November
Social, Thursday 01 December, 1-2pm
This is an informal social for any staff and students interested in disability histories. Pizza will be served, please do come along to celebrate Disability History Month with us.
LGBT+ History Month, February
Screening of The Amazing Life of Margot Heuman at the Warwick Arts Centre, 6pm 28 February 2023 (Time and date to be finalised)
The Amazing Life of Margot Heuman is a play about the first, and probably the last, lesbian Holocaust survivor to bear testimony. Born in 1928 in Germany, Margot Heuman is a survivor of Theresienstadt ghetto, Auschwitz, Neuengamme, and Bergen-Belsen. The play, which takes its text from interviews conducted by Warwick University historian Anna Hájková, offers a poignant look on coming of age as a Jewish queer woman in the concentration camps. In the play, Margot Heuman reflects on love, choices, sexual violence and sexual barter, homophobia, and survival. Moving, funny, pragmatic, and original, she reminds us of humanity within the society of Holocaust victims, but also of the stories that have been erased by homophobia. Heuman, who passed away in May 2022 and was eulogized in New York Times and the Times of London, will probably remain the only lesbian voice to speak about her experience in the Holocaust. “I am amazing,” she tells her interviewer, and the audience.
You can read an article in The Conversation about the play here.
International Women's Day, 8 March
You can see the research and achievements of some women involved in undergraduate research in the department here.
You might be interested in the History of Coventry Women's Suffrage Walk developed by Sarah Richardson.
History Society
As one of the biggest and most active societies on campus, HistSoc is an amazing way for you to make the most of your time here at Warwick. We are proud to offer our members a range of not just academic, but social and careers-based events and activities that will enable you to meet fellow historians as well as other students who have realised how valuable it is to be a member of our society!
Be sure to stay up to date with all things HistSoc through our social media networks. Please check out our Facebook page, as well as our Instagram and Twitter, for more information!
HistSoc love to you freshers, and also to anyone else...it's never too late to join!
For more information and to join, visit HistSoc homepage!
Now and Then
Despite what some may believe, history is not just about what has happened in the past. In this series, you will hear from historians in the Department of History, including PhD students, research fellows and staff, about their research and how their work speaks to a range of contemporary issues, concerns, and debates.
This is a relaxed gathering and we encourage all students to join in the discussion!
Contact: Dr Rosie Doyle
Student Engagement Coordinator
Department Events Calendar