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Nostalgia – A Reassessment in the Era of Austerity

by swanseahistory | Oct 6, 2022 | CHART, Heritage

Monday 10 October 10am-12 This online roundtable brings together scholars to focus on the role, and representation, of nostalgia in deindustrialisation studies. In their paradigm shifting piece, Cowie and Heathcott (2003) urged us to ‘move beyond’...
Empowering Children to Take Ownership of their Own History Through Storytelling and Creative Heritage Practice

Empowering Children to Take Ownership of their Own History Through Storytelling and Creative Heritage Practice

by swanseahistory | Sep 30, 2022 | CHART, Public History, Students

Hannah Nielsen – I have always had a fascination with history and storytelling. I was most fixated on the people of the past and their individual stories. After finishing my BA in History at Swansea University, I wanted to understand more practically what all...
Bringing History and Heritage Alive for/with Young People

Bringing History and Heritage Alive for/with Young People

by swanseahistory | Nov 19, 2021 | CHART, Public History, Research

Department of History, Heritage and Classics History Research Seminars Wednesday, 24 November 2021 1.15pm Bringing History and Heritage Alive for/with Young People Dr Tracy Breathnach, Research Officer, Department of History, Heritage and Classics, Swansea University...

Toxic Heritage: Post-Industrial Sites and the Unspoken Stories of Environmental Harm

by swanseahistory | Oct 27, 2021 | CHART, Events, Heritage

Department of History, Heritage and Classics. History Research Seminar. Sponsored by CHART / DePOT. Wednesday, 17 November 2021 1.15pm Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, Professor of Anthropology and Museum Studies, Indiana University School of Liberal Arts (IUPUI) Elizabeth...
Creative Copperworks Walk **CANCELLED**

Creative Copperworks Walk **CANCELLED**

by swanseahistory | Sep 29, 2021 | CHART, Events, Heritage, Welsh History

** Unfortunately, due to very poor weather conditions forecast for tomorrow Saturday 2nd October, our Community event has been cancelled. We hope to rearrange something for next Spring.** Please join us for a creative and activity-filled morning at the Hafod-Morfa...
Get involved in CHART (Centre for Heritage Research and Training)

Get involved in CHART (Centre for Heritage Research and Training)

by swanseahistory | Sep 29, 2021 | CHART, Public History

CHART is the new centre for heritage research and training at Swansea University, based in the Department of History, Heritage and Classics. CHART brings people with enthusiasm, ideas, and expertise together to create opportunities within and beyond the university....

Recent Posts

  • From Bilbao to Swansea: The Impact of the Spanish Civil War on Basque Refugee Children and their Journey, Reception, and Integration into Wales – by Sara Male
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  • The Long Shadow of the Great War on Display in a London chapel, by Dr Gethin Matthews
  • Feeding the Mind: Humanitarianism and the Reconstruction of European Intellectual Life, 1919-1933
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