Category Archives: Teaching

Donald Trump and Boris Johnson: Two peas from the same populist pod?

Posted on August 18, 2019 by

Donald Trump just doesn’t get it, does he? Alternatively, he is in denial. Much more likely, however, is that he knows exactly what he is doing. President Trump simply refuses to accept that his incendiary words on race and ethnicity can lead … Continue reading →

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Dr. Marisa Linton awarded Professorship by Kingston University

Posted on July 23, 2019 by

Many congratulations are in order: Dr. Marisa Linton, who is part of the History teaching team at Kingston University, has been made a Professor after achieving success in the recent Professorial round held at the institution. Steven Spier, Kingston University’s … Continue reading →

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Discharged and Discontented: Ex-Service Men in Richmond in 1918

Posted on July 17, 2019 by

In a recent blog article I drew attention to some interesting new research in the BBC History magazine on the rather volatile summer of 1919 in Britain, including the unhappiness of former soldiers and the problems such men had felt … Continue reading →

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History at Kingston University achieves exceptional National Student Survey results

Posted on July 9, 2019 by

The History undergraduate Degree at Kingston University has done exceptionally well in this year’s recently released National Student Survey (NSS) results. The results were released by the Office for National Students (OfS). The University’s overall satisfaction rate this year jumped from … Continue reading →

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Britain on the Brink? The long summer of unrest in 1919

Posted on July 3, 2019 by

There has been much talk about the potential damaging economic fallout and possible civil upheaval that might occur if Britain ends up with a ‘no-deal’ Brexit in the autumn. In fact, the summer of 2019 marks yet another period of … Continue reading →

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Rewriting history: Russia invents an alternative Chernobyl story

Posted on June 19, 2019 by

In 1986 public opinion around the world was shocked when the full extent of the nuclear disaster that had occurred from an explosion at Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in the Ukraine slowly became clear. Approximately 350,000 … Continue reading →

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Radical readers in Richmond: New research explores the Left Book Club of the 1930s

Posted on June 17, 2019 by

New research by a member of Kingston University’s cutting-edge History teaching team offers some fascinating insights into the local impact of the famous Left Book Club of the 1930s. Published by Dr. Steven Woodbridge in the latest issue of the … Continue reading →

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