by swanseahistory | Jun 28, 2021 | History of Medicine, Public History, Research
Recently, Dr. Michael Bresalier gave two public lectures from a project he’s developing on “Learning to Live with Covid-19: Historical perspectives on how humanity adapts to epidemics”. The first lecture, “Learning to Live with Covid-19: What can the history of...
by swanseahistory | Jun 25, 2021 | British History, Modern History
David Anderson, Swansea University You may not be familiar with the name Dudley Dexter Watkins, but chances are you will recognise his art. Half a century after his death, the work of the talented British comic strip artist and illustrator is as well known, and as...
by swanseahistory | Jun 23, 2021 | British History, Disability History, Research, Students, Welsh History
Dissertations are the culmination of an exhilarating journey which invariably demands days lost to fascinating yet redundant research, but which is also rich with discovery and presents fresh perspectives of the world we thought we knew. This construction of history...
by swanseahistory | Jun 17, 2021 | British History, Early Modern History, European History, Global History, Research, US History
The French and Indian War (1754-1760) was the last of the intermittent colonial conflicts that had erupted between Britain, France, their respective North American colonies and Native American allies during the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Unlike the...
by swanseahistory | Jun 8, 2021 | CRAM, Events, Modern History, Research
Conflict, Reconstruction and Memory (CRAM) research group. 28-29 June 2021 This workshop will explore debates surrounding the cultural and political uses of monuments, reflecting upon their role in the memorialisation and imagining of the past. It considers artefacts...
