Historian sheds new light on working class life during industrial revolution
The lives of the working class during the industrial revolution are revealed in a major new book which challenges previous accounts of the social impact of one of the most critical periods in British history
Contrary to the view that the industrial revolution brought only misery and poverty, Dr Emma Griffin at the University of East Anglia shows for the first time how it raised incomes, improved literacy and offered exciting opportunities for political action. For some it was also...
Cold War Anglia revealed
The impact of the Cold War in East Anglia and the significance of region's role in the conflict will be explored as part of a major new research project.
Led by the University of East Anglia, Cold War Anglia aims to improve people’s understanding of the social and cultural impact of the period, and its legacy, by examining the history of some of the region’s Cold War installations. The period from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s saw conflict, tension and competition...
XXXIX Conference of the BASEES Study Group of the Russian Revolution
Employability Bursaries for History Undergraduates
The School of History will be soon launching new Employability Bursaries, totalling £25,000 per year, to assist undergraduates in their career development.
Full details of the new Employability Bursaries will be announced later in the year. The intention is that this money will be available to assist undergraduates in gaining internships in businesses, commerce, non-profit groups and organisations, government departments or international bodies.
In the modern labour market graduates...
European Parliament Internships for History Undergraduates
Thanks to a partnership between the School of History and the School of Political, Social and International Studies, eleven HIS students will be able to gain work experience in Brussels during 2012.
The programme comprises:
Five one-month Policy Officer training placements (unpaid) during 2012, located in the East of England Brussels Office, which represents the region's interests in the European Parliament.
Six places for HIS undergraduates on a Brussels employability...
Congratulations to Professor Nick Vincent
Following his election last year as a Fellow of the British Academy, Professor Nick Vincent has now been elected a member of the Commission Internationale de Diplomatique.
Based in Paris, but with a truly international membership, the Commission is supposed to comprise the world's fifty leading experts on medieval documents, their edition and use. Professor Vincent becomes one of only three English members of the Commission below retirement age.