Category Archives: Kingston University

Dr. Marisa Linton to speak at the ‘Living the French Revolution’ symposium in Australia

Posted on June 23, 2019 by

Dr. Marisa Linton, Associate Professor of History at Kingston University, has been invited to the University of Melbourne this July, where she will speak at a forthcoming international symposium, ‘Living the French Revolution’, in honour of Professor Peter McPhee. The … Continue reading →

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When the Bombs fell: The impact of wartime air raids on Kingston

Posted on May 28, 2019 by

The recent discovery of an unexploded Second World War bomb on a building site near Kingston University’s Penrhyn Road campus was a good reminder of how the local area suffered some considerable attention from the German Luftwaffe during the years 1939-1941. Kingston University’s … Continue reading →

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State of Emergency: Kingston and the General Strike of 1926

Posted on May 22, 2019 by

One of the areas of expertise in Kingston University’s History Department is in-depth knowledge of the interwar period and, in particular, some of the key political and social upheavals of the 1920s and 1930s. A good example is knowledge of … Continue reading →

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‘Ike’ on the Hill: Kingston’s D-Day secret

Posted on May 15, 2019 by

When the History Dept at Kingston University put on a special talk in 2018 by three very research-active staff members to help commemorate 100 years since the end of the First World War, it proved to be one of the … Continue reading →

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A Future Based on the Past: the scholarly and career benefits of studying History at postgraduate level

Posted on March 14, 2019 by

Why study history at postgraduate level? What do the expert commentators say? Here at Kingston University the History team often point our applicants to a range of sources which explain the huge benefits of postgraduate history, either at taught-course level or … Continue reading →

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