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Historians at the University of South Wales
Treforest
Joined June 2013
Congratulations to the historians @USWHistory who are producing research whose impact is rated so highly: 100% world-leading / internationally excellent #REF2021
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Join us on Wednesday, 12 November, to hear Professor Alan Lester discuss 'The British Empire in the Culture War': Public Talk: The British Empire in the Culture War | University of South Wales
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Brilliant work from a @USWHistory alum
When Jill Maclean retired from her banking job at the age of 59, a quiet life was far from her mind. Instead, she pursued her dream of going to university, and embarked on a History degree at USW (1/4)⬇️
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With #Halloween approaching, Jonathan Durrant @USWHistory debunks some myths about witchcraft for @ConversationUK
https://t.co/USiJ7mVbiH
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theconversation.com
Witchcraft is an enduring source of fascination but also prone to popular misconceptions.
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Check out Andy Croll @USWHistory writing in the new issue of @HistoryToday on pit ponies and writing animal history @USWResearch
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Christianity and #slavery in the C19: some comments from Chris Evans @USWHistory
Cardinal Newman: pro-slavery views of prominent 19th-century cleric raise questions about his educational legacy https://t.co/i7F2EcmeCI via @ConversationUK @USWResearch @USWHistory
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Swansea artist George Little (1927-2019) spent a lifetime recording the ruins, slag heaps and abandoned townscapes of 'Copperpolis', and mines, quarries, metal works and docks wherever he went. A forthcoming project ... announcement coming soon. @AIndustrialArch @artukdotorg
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Today marks International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. Prof Chris Evans @USWHistory dispels 5 Myths About Atlantic Slavery https://t.co/seSTlfg51K
#RememberSlavery
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Congratulations to @jessicadavies59 who has successfully defended her @USWHistory MRes dissertation, ‘Decolonising the University: Histories and History Departments in Welsh HE’. @USWResearch
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Thanks to everyone who made this possible: the folks at @USCPress (esp @HistoryGuy111), my PhD team at @HistoryatSussex/@SussexAm, my teaching colleagues at @USWHistory & @HistoryUoG, my friends and family, and especially my pencampwr @catbateson. Now to get the thing finished!
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This is some career opportunity: Senior Curator of Collection Development: Industry @The_Waterfront in Swansea
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Congratulations to @DrCRHill, who's no longer Dr Chris Hill @USWHistory but Associate Professor Chris Hill. A richly deserved promotion stemming from brilliant research on nuclear imperialism and much else besides @USWResearch
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Don't miss "Setting the Record Straight: Discovering the History and Heritage of Women in South-East Wales", supported by @AMC_WAW, and helmed by Rachel Lock-Lewis @USWHistory. May 11 at @UniSouthWales Newport campus: https://t.co/xZk11d1zXu
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Congratulations to Dr Chris Hill @USWHistory, who's leading a major research project - An Oral History of British Nuclear Test Veterans. Full story here:
southwales.ac.uk
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Check this out: a podcast from Haptic and Hue on textiles for enslaved users in the eighteenth century (features @cevans3). A Sliver of Deep Blue Cloth https://t.co/EWwE0Oypes
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How did the Republican Party, the party of Abraham Lincoln, become the party of Donald Trump? Tim Galsworthy @USWHistory explains. https://t.co/FQUqml8UNQ
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southwales.ac.uk
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The European Reformation Research Group’s latest edited collection has been published by @Brill_History! The book marks 30 years of ERRG, with work by new and established researchers - asking how we might (re-)read the history of the #reformations
#earlymodern #twitterstorians
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Join us at 12 noon on Wednesday, 8 March, to hear @TimGalsworthy speak on 'American Civil War memory and the Republican Party'. Venue: @UniSouthWales Treforest campus, room B 118 @USWResearch
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Congratulations to Dr Jonathan Durrant @USWHistory, who's been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society @USWResearch
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The deadline has been extended for the CFP so it's not too late to submit a proposal! Join us in Cambridge for what promises to be an excellent conference 😀 #twitterstorians #earlymodern #nuntastic #reformazing #ecrchat
CALL FOR PAPERS - The Reformation and the Family Deadline for abstracts 31st January 2023 #reformationstudies #earlymodernstudies #theology #religiousstudies #SRS2023
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Coming next week: "Teaching the Simple: Religious Education in Sixteenth-Century Germany", a talk by @USWHistory's Dr Ruth Atherton, Wednesday, 25 January at 3pm, at the Meeting House, Treforest Campus @UniSouthWales
southwales.libcal.com
Hosted by the Chaplaincy All students, staff and guests are welcome Dr Ruth Atherton, lecturer in history, completed her PhD at the University of Birmingham in 2018. Her work...
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