Where Did All the Romans Go?

  By Owen Chandler MA History   One summer while walking along Hadrian’s wall and visiting the numerous museums in Northumberland I was marvelling at the structures and...

Locked within an animation: The representation of Pocahontas

By Gemma McLean-Carr Second-Year History Student   Johann Friedrich Engel Pocahontas, c.1921. The life of Pocahontas (born Matoaka) has been frequently replicated and represented in literature, art and...

900 Years on from the Sinking of the White Ship

By  Victoria Barlow, History, Level 3 As a history undergraduate student, I’m taught that it’s not good practice to question ‘what if this had happened instead’. The possibilities...

Ut Pictura Poesis: An evening of Poetry, Art and Art History

Hosted by the School of History and Heritage     The celebration of Black History Month 2020, at the University of Lincoln (UK), on 2 October, was a...

The First Year Experience with Unexpected Events

Kwan Yiu Charlie Sun (Level 2 History)   On 15th September 2019, it was the start of my university life and leaving the comforts of home behind. There...

Confronting collecting histories

Nigerian deity statuettes at The Collection, Lincoln. By Emma Fox, History, Level 3     Many objects that are displayed in Britain’s museums today were obtained during the...

Social Distancing but Not Quite

A Reflection Upon Our Own Social History By Samantha Ann Rose Brinded MA Postgraduate   On Friday 08 May 2020, the country celebrated VE Day, as it has...

History in the digital age

Rethinking Museums in the 21st century By Gemma McLean-Carr   Increased emphasis is being placed on digitalisation in the 21st century due to globalisation and expanding technological influence....

‘Nothing is heavier than the dead body of someone you loved’

  1917, the First World War and Male Intimacy By Lily Smith   The use of male friendship as an anchoring point within combat and the suggestion that...

Hitler’s Secret Agents: The Gestapo Spy Network, 1933-45

  By Bethany Scard When you are faced with life or death, do you do everything you can to survive, or do you go to your grave with...