For our first research seminar of the summer term we are delighted to welcome Prof. Helen McCarthy Helen McCarthy from Cambridge University to deliver a talk on 'Last Post: The culture of retirement at the post-war Foreign Office’. Join us tomorrow in PG20 at 3pm. All welcome!

Are you looking to do a fully-funded PhD? Then check out this new Arts and Humanities Research Council Collaborative Doctoral Studentship opportunity on offer with Durham University and Fitzwilliam Museum!

Further details can be found via this link: dur.ac.uk/departments/ac…

On Thursday 23rd April, Dr Jennifer Howes will be giving a talk for The Durham South Asia Group on 'Controlling the Narrative'. All are welcome to attend! See poster for more details. Durham IAS Radha

Applications for the Ralph Waggett MA studentship worth £4000 are now open! We welcome all aspiring scholars from the North-East/North-Yorkshire, who identify as BAME or another under-represented category, to apply. For more details see: durham.ac.uk/departments/ac…

New publication 🙂Delighted to have contributed a chapter to the volume *Punjabi Centuries* edited by Prof. Anshu Malhotra. Full details available at the link below 👇🏽 orientblackswan.com/details?id=978…

Congratulations to Alex Brown, Frank Krauss, Christopher Gerrard, and Rebecca Gowland of Durham University for being awarded a The Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant for their project on 'Modelling the Black Death and Social Connectivity in Medieval England'. durham.ac.uk/departments/ac…

There's still time to apply for a Dr John Wreglesworth Scholarship! These fabulous scholarships are designed to help prospective UG students from the north-east study History with us Durham University from 2024/25. Applications close April 12. Click to apply: durham.ac.uk/departments/ac…

Huge congratulations to Radha, Chris Bahl, and Jonathan Saha for winning the Durham University Global Curriculum Award for their Level 1 module on South Asia which uses artefacts from the Oriental Museum and the Palace Green Special Collections. 🎉
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Congratulations to Dr Coreen McGuire on the publication of her new article: 'Who Invented the Possum? What Historians Can Learn from Disabled Innovation in Britain's Responaut Communities.' You can find the article on Project Muse:
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Super book talk celebrating the launch of Tom Hamilton’s new book, A WIDOW’S VENGEANCE (@OUPHistory) at IMEMS-Durham yesterday. Many congratulations, Tom! #earlymodern Durham History

Join us this evening at 6pm in Hatfield Chapel to hear Dr Adrian Green discuss 'Durham City's Role in the History of Coal Mining'. All welcome!

Looking forward to our research seminar tomorrow Durham History on new books in the department! Weds 21 Feb 3–4.30pm PG20 🥳🌟📚 + ☕️🍪

Massive congratulations to @Tom_Hamilton on the release of his new book 'A Widow's Vengeance After the Wars of Religion: Gender & Justice in Renaissance France.' We look forward to reading it!

This Thursday (Feb 15th) at 6pm in Hatfield Chapel, our very own Dr Richard Gameson will deliver a talk on 'The Venerable Bede' as part of Hatfield College JCR's County Durham Lecture Series. Join us as we celebrate Bede and his contribution to the unique identity of County Durham!

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📣 There are just over 2 weeks to get your abstracts in for Histories of Scottish Politics in the Age of Union, c.1700-1945!

🥳Taking place Durham University 23-24 July 2024.

📩Email your abstracts to [email protected] Durham History

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