by swanseahistory | May 19, 2021 | British History, Modern History, Research, Students, Welsh History
The persistent legacies of colonial domination have become a flashpoint in recent years. On the one hand, movements like Black Lives Matter and Rhodes Must Fall have provided a platform through which we can analyse how structural hangovers from imperialism continue to...
by swanseahistory | May 12, 2021 | Modern History, Public History, Welsh History
One of Swansea’s least well-known monuments stands in the city’s Maritime Quarter. Formerly the site of the docks that facilitated much of the industrial activity upon which Swansea thrived in the nineteenth century and first half of the twentieth, this quarter was...
by swanseahistory | Apr 16, 2021 | European History, Modern History, Research
Hundreds of thousands of people were threatened by famine, disease, and displacement as a consequence of the First World War and the conflicts that followed in its wake. Around one hundred years ago, a wide range of humanitarian organisations were established which...
by swanseahistory | Apr 6, 2021 | British History, Medieval History, Modern History, Public History
On 1 May 1851 – almost exactly 170 years ago – the Great Exhibition first opened its doors to the public. Housed in Hyde Park, in the vast temporary structure that was quickly christened the Crystal Palace, the exhibition remained open until 15 October. During that...
by swanseahistory | Mar 22, 2021 | Events, Modern History
This event, organised by Swansea University’s Conflict, Reconstruction and Memory (CRAM) research group, will explore debates surrounding the cultural and political uses of monuments, reflecting upon their role in the memorialisation and imagining of the past. We will...
by swanseahistory | Mar 17, 2021 | Events, Modern History
A public event open to all. Register here: bit.ly/storiesandsilences
