All aboard! Our own Prof. Mark Stoyle will appear on 'Great Coastal Railway Journeys' next Tues. 9th Apr. 18:30, taking Portillo on a tour of Exeter's Underground Passages.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Want to do an MA? Want to get your fees paid too?
The History Department has two scholarships to support MA History students for the academic year 2024–25, which will cover all fees for the MA degree. The full details of the awards can be found here, tinyurl.com/5xe6a2z4

HOTCUS is happy to announce our CfP for our PG and ECR Workshop with Prof. Randall J. Stephens on Wednesday 19 June 2024 at the University of Southampton. This is a unique opportunity to receive feedback on written work! Details on how to apply are below⬇️ Deadline: 22 April.

In a new blog (also in The Conversation), our research fellow, Dr Nathan Bossoh Dr Nathan Bossoh, argues the BM's 'Rediscovering Gems' exhibition highlights a contradictory ethical stance on repatriation. An important read for historians and policy-makers too. tinyurl.com/57np4xk9

Our second lecture in the series 'A Short History of Antisemitism' is already tomorrow! Join us at 1 pm to hear from Dr Janek Gryta
University of Southampton History Department on the history of antisemitism in postwar Poland

📍 Lecture Theatre C, Nuffield Theatre, Highfield Campus
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Mark the date! Feb. 14, 6-8 pm: special roundtable event around the representation of Kindertransport in the film 'One Life', organised by University of Southampton History Department and the Parkes Institute.

This year's Stonewall Lecture, on Thurs. 22nd Feb., is a fantastic chance to hear Prof. Jennifer Evans, leading historian of sexuality, gender issues, and modern Germany: book (free) tickets here! tinyurl.com/47ety5md

With the arrival of our new MA 'Global Challenges - History, Policy and Practice', we have a thought-provoking post from course lead Dr Chris Fuller, reflecting on a request from the US Congress to aid its investigation into the Jan. 6th Capitol attacks. tinyurl.com/5n7wuwyc

Barton Peveril Sixth Form College welcomes Parkes Institute on Wednesday 10th January, as a part of an enriching educational initiative to reflect on The Holocaust History.

Read more here:
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We have a new blog post from Charlie Knight on tomorrow's Commemorative Event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, which includes a reading of The Letters and Diaries of Else and Siegfried Behrend-Rosenfeld. Read about them and other event details here: tinyurl.com/yx88ky75

Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day 25th January

With testimony from Chantal Uwamahoro on the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, readings of Else Behrend-Rosenfeld & Siegfried Rosenfeld's letters and diaries, and reflections from Barton Peveril College students
eventbrite.co.uk/e/southampton-…

We are very much looking forward to welcoming the conference and all its participants!
See hotcus.org.uk/2024-annual-co… for further details, inc. submission guidelines for individual paper and joint panel proposals.

Booking is now open for 2024 Lifelong Learning courses in history and archaeology. tinyurl.com/yc47479v
Look ahead to the new year and back to years past with Lifelong Learning!

An important musical performance is taking place at Turner Sims next Monday: the first known public airing of these concentration camp songs since 1945.

Southampton's Prof. Neil Gregor demonstrates how the fluctuating monetary value of the 1908 100-Mark banknote is now far eclipsed by its value as a historical source in this new video from German History Society. Watch here! tinyurl.com/t67df5ry

Final reminder about our Centre for East European and Eurasian Studies (CEEES) event tomorrow! UoS CEEES
(October 24, 2023 6-7.30pm). Stephen Hall of Bath University on his new book 'The Authoritarian International'. Sign up below! eventbrite.com/e/stephen-hall…

Hands-on Humanities Day is tomorrow! Check this year's fantastic programme at the University of Southampton with workshops, talks and exhibitions. Plan your experience and book your FREE tickets.

🔗southamptonartshumfest.co.uk/HOHD/whats-on/
📅 Saturday 18th November 2023
⏰ 10:30 - 16:30

Applications are now open for 2024 intake for our MA programme on the Holocaust.

southampton.ac.uk/courses/holoca…

How do Jewish-Muslim intersections shape European society in contemporary life and collective memory? Elisabeth Becker's Inter Faith Lecture will trace debates on religious rites, representation in public life, and restitution of looted art
📅14th Nov 6pm southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/se…

Register now for our upcoming seminar from Maria Cieśla (Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences) on 'Microhistories of (economic) coexistence: Jews and Christians in the town of Sluck in the 17th Century'.

📅 Tuesday 7 November
🕕 6PM GMT
📍 Avenue Campus & online via Zoom

southampton.ac.uk/parkes/news/se…