History at the University of Northampton
A regular blogspot for the historians at the University of Northampton. The views are ours, not necessarily those of the institution
Immediately after their exams, seven members of the University of Northampton History Society travelled to Vienna. A self-organised culmination to their studies, the visit focused upon the history and culture of what is now Austria from the Renaissance through to the end of the Second World War. They were accompanied by Jim Beach, one of [...]
Every year History second year students at the University for Northampton showcase the work they have done on their work placements. We have established good working relationship with a number of placement providers in the Heritage sector than take small groups of our undergraduates and give them a taste of what life is like in [...]
On Wednesday 1 February 2017 two historians from the University of Northampton (Mark Rothery and Drew Gray) visited the London Academy in Edgware to run a workshop with two classes of A-Level students and their teacher Ms Marshall, on the Chartists. They’ve been studying the Chartist Movement as part of their course unit ‘Protest, agitation [...]
150 years ago this week the Pall Mall Gazette carried the following opinion piece reflecting comment from across a variety of leading newspapers in Britain. ‘The Star does not believe the United States have any designs on Mexico. Certainly the French Cabinet seem to think that Mexico must be annexed by somebody, and that the [...]
Today is Jane Austen Day, celebrating the birth of the great novelist on 16 December 1776. Austen’s novels remain hugely popular and are regularly adapted for TV and film. They are also of great interest to historians. Because Austen was such a perceptive social commentator, her novels have been extensively used by historians of gender, [...]
On the 30th November 1782 Britain and its former colony (now the United States) of America signed a provisional peace treaty to bring the War of Independence to an end. Just under a year later in Paris the two powers signed a formal agreement which declared the US to be ‘free, sovereign and independent’. The [...]
Last thousands of prison officers engaged in industrial action (or at least that is what critics called it as POs are not actually allowed to strike by law). They are unhappy about the state of prisons in England and Wales and at the falling numbers of prison officers prepared to do what is a dangerous [...]
On Thursday morning (as the dust was settling on the US Presidential election) I listened to an interview with the former secretary of state, Madeleine Albright. Secretary Albright is an intelligent woman, an expert in American politics and someone I think is worth listening to. I recognise the current trend is for ignoring the voices [...]
The history of the Jewish people in Europe is a long one, but sadly also one filled with many incidents of hate and violence directed towards this small population. This week in history sees 99 years since the Balfour Declaration, seen by many as one of the first steps on the road to the establishment [...]
This is a week that for me (as a historian of crime) stands out for a series of events that echo down the centuries. It was of course the week in which the battle of Agincourt was fought (1415) and the debacle that was the Charge of Light Brigade (1854). It was also the week [...]
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