History today

2021 Research Excellence Framework

School of History & Heritage An extraordinary result by Dr Ian PackerDirector of Research, Lincoln School of History and Heritage The results of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework...

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...

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...

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....

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...

A fascinating journey from Ba to PhD

 Twenty Years of History at Lincoln by Hannah MacKenzie I completed my BA in History at the University of Lincoln in 2016 and, thanks to the generosity of...

A Journey of a History Graduate

Twenty Years of History at Lincoln by Catherine Howlett       Studying History at The University of Lincoln was an amazing experience that shaped my understanding of...

Twenty Years of History at Lincoln

Twenty Years of History at Lincoln Dr Kate Hill The academic year 2019-20 marks the twentieth anniversary of the BA History at Lincoln, and we’re going to mark...

Thomas Becket as a medieval Jedi Knight

by Bethany Scard   2020 marks the 850th anniversary of the death of Thomas Becket and the 800th anniversary of moving his body to his new shrine in...

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2019

  Dr Chiara Beccalossi   In the UK, as in many other parts of the world, November is the Transgender Awareness Month – a month dedicated to raising...