Category Archives: Teaching

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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Insiders/Outsiders: New nationwide arts festival to celebrate wartime refugees and their cultural creativity

Posted on March 7, 2019 by

German and Austrian Jews who created art while being held in British internment camps in the early years of World War Two are to be celebrated in a new festival. Details have been announced in the UK of a new … Continue reading →

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‘East of Suez’ – Theresa May re-opens Harold Wilson’s imperial closure

Posted on March 2, 2019 by

A special guest blog by Dr. Neil Partrick  www.neilpartrick Fifty years ago the British Government was struggling with austerity at home and exploring an uncertain international future. Nostalgia for what remained of Britain’s imperialism was not part of the ‘world … Continue reading →

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Another conspiracy theory bites the dust: Hess was indeed Hess

Posted on January 24, 2019 by

One of the big challenges for professional historians in recent years has been the worrying growth of conspiracy theory. Questionable claims with no empirical evidence often spread like wild-fire across the internet and, disturbingly for scholars, are regularly taken seriously … Continue reading →

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