Press Releases
Professor Hilary Marland shortlisted for AHRC's Health Humanities Medal
Professor Hilary Marland, of the University of Warwick's Centre for the History of Medicine, has been shortlisted for the Health Humanities Medal, a new national award led by the Arts and Humanities Research Council in association with the Wellcome Trust.
Professor Peter Marshall elected as British Academy Fellow
Professor Peter Marshall, of the University of Warwick’s Department of History, has been elected as a Fellow of the British Academy.
Peterloo protest songs and poems published together for first time
The authentic voice of nineteenth-century England is captured in a new collection of poems and ballads written in response to the 1819 Peterloo Massacre and shared in defiance of Government censorship. Dr Alison Morgan's new book highlights the outrage, grief, defiance and resolution felt by labouring-class people in the immediate aftermath of one of the defining events of English political history.
Warwick Professors Awarded Two of UK's Highest Cultural Honours
Two professors, the poet David Morley and the historian Peter Marshall, from the University of Warwick have this week been awarded two of the UK’s highest honours in arts and culture.
Professor Peter Marshall wins Wolfson History Prize
Professor Peter Marshall, of the University of Warwick's Department of History, has won this year’s Wolfson History Prize with his book Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation
Dodo’s violent death revealed
The famous Oxford Dodo died after being shot in the back of the head, according to breakthrough research by Oxford University Museum of Natural History and WMG at the University of Warwick.