Behind The Headlines | Nyela Asad In August 1947, one of the largest and most ethnically diverse countries in the world became divided into two countries, India and Pakistan. People were forced out of the villages More » Features, History in Culture | Nyela Asad It is nearly seven years since Bruce Jeffrey Pardo killed […]
History Lesson, History You Should Know | Hannah Woodbridge Marathons are one of the most physically demanding sporting events and over 36,000 people compete annually in the London Marathon alone. Yet legend has it the marathon began with a More »
For almost 60 years Tamla Motown hasproved that black soul and R&Bis universally popular. In Britain, this was especially true with its re-emergence in the 1980sas the Northern Soul Youth Craze (so called due to its popularity in the North West of England). The label began in 1959 and a lone Berry Gordy armed only […]
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The Incas, though never numbering more than 100,000 as an ethnic group, succeeded in creating the largest native empire in the New World until 1533. ‘Capacocha’ was the Inca practice of human sacrifice and recent discoveries in 1995 and 1999 have prompted further questions into this culture. In 1995, a frozen girl was found on […]
The Irish Republican Army – of which the Provisional IRA is a branch – is perhaps the most infamous terrorist organization in Britain. Formed in the 20th Century, the group was not afraid to resort to violence to achieve its ultimate goal of a reunified Ireland. Although various truces with the PIRA were negotiated, these […]
Features | Jay Jenkinson Medieval parallels Behind The Headlines | Jay Jenkinson Historically the participation of women in warfare as direct combatants has been very rare. Until recently, women have been prohibited from enlisting in the army, and most nations continue to More »
In 1914, on the eve of the First World War, Europe was tense as the thought of the coming conflict occupied everyone’s minds, a conflict that to some appeared more like a family feud. Why? The monarchies of Europe were so interconnected through centuries of marriages that, despite being enemies through 5 years of war, […]
Interviews, Manchester | Zoey Strzelecki What brought you back to Manchester? I just love Manchester as a city and I’ve always found the History department incredibly friendly, supportive and welcoming. I studied for my MA More » Interviews | Ata Rahman ‘No, tell me where you’re really from.’ Not as recent a phenomenon as we […]
Blog | Jo Perdicchia Jo Perdicchia’s next offering: a review of the book, World War Z by Max Brooks, urging you, as an history student, to read it! Blog | Jo Perdicchia Following the discovery that the Justinian Plague was potentially the same stream as the Bubonic Plague, Jo Perdicchia explores epidemics through history, and […]
I completed my undergraduate degree in History (Modern European) at the University of Bradford in 2012. Moving here to Manchester, I then completed a Masters in War, Culture and History funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council in September 2013. I have recently started my PhD which will explore and analyse representations of the […]
Video | Cai Reaich Cai Reaich takes a look at the Warriors of the Plains exhibition at the Manchester Museum, on tour from the British Museum, and interviews Stephen Welsh, curator of Ethnography, about More »