Unless stated otherwise, all seminars take place on Wednesdays from 1.15 to 2.30 pm. Everyone is welcome! 26 October 2022: Ian Sanders (Host and Producer, Cold War Conversations Podcast), ‘Cold War Conversations Podcast’, CRAM-sponsored 2 November 2022: Ciarán Wallace (Trinity College Dublin), ‘The Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland: Resourceful Commemoration?’, joint CRAM-, CHART-, MEMO-sponsored event 30…Continue Reading History Online Research Seminars Winter 2022
Empowering Children to Take Ownership of their Own History Through Storytelling and Creative Heritage Practice
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 this knowledge of the past means for us today and I…Continue Reading Empowering Children to Take Ownership of their Own History Through Storytelling and Creative Heritage Practice
Swansea Historians in the Media
On 20 September 2022, Dr Christoph Laucht appeared on an episode of BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking programme on ‘Cuba, cold war and RAF Fylingdales’ to discuss the historical context in which Ian McEwan’s latest novel Lessons is set. Dr Laucht spoke in relation to his research on responses to the nuclear threat in Britain…Continue Reading Swansea Historians in the Media
History, Heritage and Classics Sandcastle Afternoon
As part of its welcome week activities, the department held a sandcastle and pizza event on the beach. Students from all years competed to show off their creative skills and produce a sandcastle inspired by their historical knowledge. Dominoes kindly agreed to deliver a very large order to the beach and the university paid for…Continue Reading History, Heritage and Classics Sandcastle Afternoon
Postgraduate Conference in Welsh Studies
Gynhadledd Astudiaethau Cymreig Canolfan Richard Burton Centre Dydd Mercher 25 Mai 2022 Wednesday 25 May 2022 Y Studio, Creu Taliesin, Campws Parc, Prifysgol Abertawe The Studio Taliesin Create, Park campus, Swansea University 2.00 Guinevere Clark – The Psychogeography of The Mumbles in Swansea through 3 Poems 2.30 Daniel Jones – Caliban’s Cultural Wounds: Language…Continue Reading Postgraduate Conference in Welsh Studies
Queer Data
12 October Queer Data Event Invitation – GENCAS Wednesday 12 October 2022, 2-3pm: Kevin Guyan joins us on Zoom to discuss his recent book, Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action (Bloomsbury). Data has never mattered more. Our lives are increasingly shaped by it and how it is defined, collected and used. But…Continue Reading Queer Data
Exploring Connections and Collaborations in Gender Teaching and Research
GENCAS (Swansea University, Wales, UK) and IGIUMA (University of Málaga, Spain): exploring connections and collaborations in gender teaching and research. As we seek to move forward after the disruption and pain of Covid, scholars across the world are exploring new avenues of inspiration, connection and innovation. This zoom meeting brings together scholars working on and around the…Continue Reading Exploring Connections and Collaborations in Gender Teaching and Research
Why History Matters
A short video by Professor Martin Johnes recorded for a Welsh Government event to discuss history in the Curriculum for Wales….Continue Reading Why History Matters
“We’ll All Be Museum Miners”. Oral Histories and the Heritage of Coal Mining in the Ruhr
Department of History, Heritage and Classics History Research Seminar 16 March 2022 1pm-2.30pm “We’ll all be museum miners”. Oral histories and the heritage of coal mining in the Ruhr Talk by Stefan Moitra and Katarzyna Noguiera (Bochum, Germany) In December 2018, the closure of the last remaining German hard coal mine, the Prosper-Haniel colliery in…Continue Reading “We’ll All Be Museum Miners”. Oral Histories and the Heritage of Coal Mining in the Ruhr
Finding, Using and Making Oral Histories and Recorded Voices: Symposium 3 in ‘Researching Student Histories’ Series
Mon, 11 July 2022 10:30 – 15:00 BST Wallace Lecture Theatre, Swansea University (Singleton Campus) and on Zoom 10.30 Welcome, housekeeping and introduction (Sarah Crook) 10.40 Emily Sharp, ‘The collective memory of student activists: benefits and challenges of using oral histories to research student history’ 11.55 Sam Blaxland, ‘Institutional histories and the student voice: Swansea…Continue Reading Finding, Using and Making Oral Histories and Recorded Voices: Symposium 3 in ‘Researching Student Histories’ Series