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...
by swanseahistory | Nov 15, 2021 | Research, Welsh History
What did the city of Swansea look like before the twentieth century? How has the past shaped the present outlines of the city streets and buildings? What traces are left of Swansea’s medieval and industrial history? A team of historians and academics are aiming to...
by swanseahistory | Nov 9, 2021 | British History, Research, Students
The interwar period brought a wave of cultural change, and the white peace poppy was a fringe commemorative symbol that exemplified these changes. The white peace poppy was organised and sold by the Women’s Cooperative Guild, typically working-class women who had lost...
by swanseahistory | Oct 25, 2021 | Research
Department of History, Heritage and Classics All events begin at 1.15pm and take place online October to December 2021 https://swanseauniversity.zoom.us/j/92790646894?pwd=VUlmNG9mN1FKdlVBRjlhdTBLMG5HUT09 Wednesday, 13 October 2021 – Eugene Miakinkov (Swansea),...
by swanseahistory | Sep 29, 2021 | Events, Medieval History, Research
On 6 & 7 September 2021 Swansea University and Nicolaus Copernicus University (Toruń, Poland) co-hosted this interdisciplinary conference welcoming registered delegates, both historians and art historians from Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, Poland,...
by swanseahistory | Aug 31, 2021 | British History, Modern History, Research, Welsh History
In an earlier blogpost I sketched the history of the city partnership between Swansea and Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg, Germany), from its establishment in the 1950s. That blog focused in particular on the creation of a monument to the partnership, a miniature replica...
