First things first, anyone still wanting to join the society can do so by going to the Students’ Union website, finding us under societies and clicking ‘Join’. It’s really that simple! Be sure to also like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all the up-to-date news. Thanks to everyone who came to […]
Colonialism is often defended as a moral mission, a mission to educate and civilise the non-western world, and often used Christian Missionaries to convey their message. However, this perspective stands to much debate, as through the years the Empires have often been questioned on what the true intentions behind colonialism were. Were they purely moral? […]
“Winner writes history”. This simple phrase simplifies the complex narrative of history, particularly in the context of conflict. Today, it would take only a cursory search online to find examples of ‘losers.’ Why does this age-old saying persist? As is evident by the qualifying terms of ‘winner’ and ‘loser,’ history is entirely biased no matter […]
1. January 20 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated to a fourth term as President of the United States, the only President ever to exceed two terms. 2. January 27th the Soviet Red Army liberates the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps. Photograph of prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau during liberation. 3. 14th April Bearers put […]
The French Revolution, renowned for its transformative revolutionary politics and societal impact, initiated substantial changes in the pursuit of liberty and equality. While the revolution is often celebrated for its achievements, like the abolition of the absolute monarchy and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in 1789, the same efforts […]
Our generation can learn a lot from the greatest public servant of the Greatest Generation. George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, passed away Nov. 30, 2018, at the age of 94. He served as president from 1989 to 1993, and was a World War II hero and a former Congressman, U.N. […]
The success of the epic medieval fantasy television show, Game of Thrones, has spurred huge media attention. Viewers regularly attempt to find historical parallels between the medieval ages and the television show and several notable comparisons between the show’s characters and plot have already been drawn to real world historical figures and events. Perhaps the […]
Breaking the sound barrier is a remarkable feat, yet when people are asked to list people who have achieved it most will likely say Felix Baumgartner or more recently Paul Allen of Google. Few people seem to have heard of Charles Yeager – the first man to successfully travel faster than the speed of sound […]
Despite the Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus altering dramatically throughout history, the ideas underpinning the annual Christmas festival have persistently provided a source of human inspiration. Although the eating, dancing and gift-giving which epitomized Christmas celebrations throughout the High Middle Ages closely resembles our current festivities, Christian understandings of how Christmas should be […]
As countless scholars have pointed out, the culture surrounding Shakespearean audiences throughout the ages has varied significantly. In Shakespeare’s day, theatre was intended for all realms of society; the upper and lower classes experienced the same masterpiece, albeit through financially segregated seating zones. Strangely, with the birth of cinema and the inevitable birth of Shakespearean […]
The 1919 Race Riots, and its greatest tragedy, the ‘lynching’ of 24-year-old Charles Wotten, are some of the most violent periods of racial upheaval in 20th-century Britain. However, despite the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement and the increased importance being placed on Black History Month, the history of British race riots and its […]
Welcome back to the first edition of this year’s Manchester Historian! For those of you who don’t already know we are the departmental student led newspaper. Do you agree with the way history is being taught in schools? Do you think there is too much focus on certain parts of past? Are you tired of […]
The literary creations of Elizabeth Gaskell have had an irrefutable legacy that, from the mid-twentieth century, marked her out amongst critics as one of the most important and esteemed writers of the Victorian era. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of her literary career was that she seemed to just fall into it at the age […]
Although only a small corridor in Manchester’s epic Imperial War Museum, the photo exhibition of civilians in Iraq manages to impress. Sean Smith is a war photographer who worked extensively in Iraq for the Guardian. The exhibition marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, a conflict that has constantly been in […]