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Mirela Ivanova

See Mirela Ivanova at TEDxOxford

Dr Mirela Ivanova is speaking at the upcoming TEDxOxford event on 20 Jan!

The theme 'We are all Storytellers' spotlights groundbreaking ideas and stories, as well as creative ways of sharing these ideas.

TEDxOxford
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History essay competition

The Department of History's essay competition for 2023-2024 is now open!
Podcast, a new poscast from the History Society

HSTSOC Presents: Podpast

The first episode of a brand new podcast from the History Society has landed!
Funding the world's brightest PhDs

PhD Funding 2024

Attention postgraduates! Applications for Postgraduate Research Funding are open.
Poster for the film Malcolm X

Black History Month Film Event

The Department of History recently hosted a film event for local A Level students to mark Black History Month, where we screened the epic biopic Malcom X.
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History: Beyond the Books

Introducing our new student life blog!
Neville Chamberlain holding the paper containing the resolution to commit to peaceful methods signed by both Hitler and himself on his return from Munich
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain at Heston Aerodrome following his meeting with Adolf Hitler in which he signed the Munich Agreement.

Munich Crisis 85 years on - historian reveals how appeasement of Hitler affected British public

Britain’s appeasement of Hitler caused mental health problems for people throughout the country, including a spate of suicides, according to research from a historian at the University of Sheffield.
Jessop West

A History of the Home through Objects

We welcomed Year 8 pupils on campus to explore historical objects from the past.