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A HISTORY OF WOMEN IN LINCOLNSHIRE

A HISTORY OF WOMEN IN LINCOLNSHIRE By Molly French, First year student, BA Art History and History The Arts for Equality and Diversity Bursary Award* THE PROPOSAL The...

The Importance of Imagery in the Study of Race within Early Modern History

The Importance of Imagery in the Study of Race within Early Modern History The Arts for Equality and Diversity Bursary Award* by Rachel B. Elvin, 3rd year student...

Classical Studies students digging at Cosa (Italy)

Classical Studies students digging at Cosa (Italy) (written by Dr Giustina Monti) Great news from the Classical Studies programme! Three students – Annabelle Mansell, Jessica Corlett, and Samantha...

Objects on the move! Volunteering on a museum collections move project

By Kylie Lloyd, MA Conservation of Cultural Heritage This summer preparations began for the Wakefield Museums & Castles partial store move, which meant dusting and packing objects that are...

Black History Month Series: Olive Morris

By Olivia Hennessy, BA History, Level 2 Black History is important throughout and after October. Sharing stories of those who have been forgotten is vital; their history should...

Student Equality Diversity and Inclusivity Committee

SEDIC stands for Student Equality Diversity and Inclusivity Committee. We’re a student-run committee with student members from across the School of History and Heritage! SEDIC was set up...

Edith Smith: The first Women Police and close connections to Grantham

By Olivia Hennessy, BA History, Level 1 To celebrate Women’s History Month, I would like to discuss a historic woman figure with a closer to home connection. Grantham...

A Silent “Vocal” Resistance – A Close Analysis on Panos Terlemezian’s A Shepard from Lori (1905)

By Deborah Ng, BA Art History, Level 3 (This passage was submitted as an assignment for my university course module “The Armenians: Crafting a Community in Dispersion” (2020-2021)....

Worker, Strike Activist and Trade Union Representative: Sarah Chapman and The Match-Women’s Strike

By Jem Knight, BA History, Level 2 If you know a little about the new trade unionism movement of the late nineteenth century and the Match-women’s strike of...

LGBTQ+ History Month – ‘Body, mind and spirit’: Body

By Olivia Hennessy, BA History, Level 1 LGBTQ+ History month’s theme for this year is ‘Body, mind, and spirit’. This month, in February, was founded first in the...