Interested in starting a PhD in History (for Parkes: at the Parkes Institute) in 2026-27?
Join a panel and Q&A session on Wednesday 3 December, 16.00-17.30 (Avenue Campus and Teams). All your questions will be answered. To receive the link/detail, contact Claire Le Foll c.le-foll@soton.ac.uk
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Our Colleague Dr David Cox featured prominently in the most recent edition of History Today with his work on conjuring race (an outcome of his successful British A Mid-career fellowship).
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Please check out the upcoming conference on Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World, which features a keynote lecture by our very own Professor Mark Stoyle (30-31 October at the University of Exeter)
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American Historical Association Announces 2025 Prize Winners β AHA
The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes.
Weβre thrilled to celebrate our colleague @lottelydia.bsky.social, whose book Imperial Island (Harvard University Press, 2024) has just been awarded the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize by the American Historical Association! This prestigious award acknowledges Charlotteβs thought-provoking work.
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Tony Kushner's letter in the Observer of October 12, 2025, arguing that Britain has never been immune to Jew hatred
Tony Kushner's letter to the Observer's editor, published yesterday
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Delighted to welcome speakers and attendees to our conference
Herculaneum: Contexts, Present Progress and Future Prospects
Today we kick off with sessions on Archaeology and Papyrology including papers from eminent and emergent scholars.
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Why Japanese American memories of US internment during the second world war are stirring up protests in 2025
Americans of Japanese heritage have been protesting at recent Ice tactics.
This weekend there was an impressive #DayOfAction to #ProtectOurParks & stand up to erasure of #history under #Trump
With #ICE raids & federal troops in #DC there is also an alarming repeat of history. Read more ππ» theconversation.com/why-japanese...
@unisouthampton.bsky.social @hotcus.bsky.social
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new blog by our colleague Dr Rachel Pistol about her piece in The Conversation. generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/history/wp-a...
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Why Japanese American memories of US internment during the second world war are stirring up protests in 2025
Americans of Japanese heritage have been protesting at recent Ice tactics.
My article explaining the disturbing similarities between what happened to Japanese Americans in #WWII & today's #USA
@hotcus.bsky.social @historyatsoton.bsky.social @universityofexeter.bsky.social @officialbaas.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
theconversation.com/why-japanese...
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Mein Kampf 100 years on
What is its significance for the resurgent far right?
Soton History's Prof Neil Gregor questions the significance of Hitler's Mein Kampf for the resurgent far right in the latest article from ICWA's Compass: compass.icwa.org/p/mein-kampf...
10.07.2025 14:10 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Neil has also curated a playlist to accompany the book: you can read about it on the departmental blog, generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/history/2025...; and listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/6Dt... @royalmusical.bsky.social @uosmusic.bsky.social @neilgregor.bsky.social
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The Symphony Concert in Nazi Germany
A new history of how the musical worlds of German towns and cities were transformed during the Nazi era. In the years after the Nazis came to power in January 1933 and throughout the Second World War,...
It's publication day for the latest book by Soton History's Neil Gregor, The Symphony Concert in Nazi Germany, which tells a new history of how the musical worlds of German towns and cities were transformed during the Nazi era. Congratulations to Neil! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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If you happen to be in Utrecht, do take the opportunity to hear Soton History's Mark Cornwall lecture on 'Treasonous Subversion: the struggle for domestic security in Austria-Hungary'. Details below!
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Flyer advertising an in-person information session (6 pm, May 6) about the three MAs ran by the history department of the University of Southampton. QR code in the bottom right corner.
Interested in studying:
- MA HISTORY: Methodologies, Heritage, and Period Pathways
- MA GLOBAL CHALLENGES: History, Policy and Practice
- MA HOLOCAUST: History, Experience, Heritage
Want to hear from our:
- CURRENT STUDENTS
- RECENT GRADUATES
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Tuesday 6 May, 6pm
πLecture Theatre C, Avenue Campus
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Sign in to your account
Students can now access a recording of the Alumni panel, here: sotonac.sharepoint.com/sites/Humani...
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For our students: remember to sign up for the Spring Careers Day on 11th March, especially the Alumni Panel from 5pm onwards, which will give you a chance to meet former graduates now working in a range of organisations from across the media, business, heritage, and public sectors.
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Flyer reading "The Parkes Lecture 2025, Lyndsey Stonebridge in conversation with Devorah Baum and Jonathan Leader, Tuesday 4 March, 6pm, Avenue Campus & online" with photo of Lyndsey Stonebridge
Register now for the 2025 Parkes Lecture!
We will hear Lyndsey Stonebridge @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social in conversation with Devorah Baum and Jonathan Leader this year.
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Tuesday 4 March, 6pm GMT
π Avenue Campus & online
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lyndsey-st...
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A reminder of the upcoming Stonewall lecture, next Thurs. 25th. Booking link below!
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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Catherine of Aragon
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman so important that two Tudor royals married her.
We are enjoying listening to Soton History's Prof. Maria Hayward on R4's 'In Our Time', discussing Catherine of Aragon. Live right now - or available via catch up services here! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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International Summer School | University of Southampton
Experience an exceptional International Summer School at the University of Southampton in the UK. Get a taste of UK university life and study business, finance, fashion or music
The University of Southampton International Summer School 2025 has now launched! There is a wide range of courses available, including 'Public History: Film, Video Games & Heritage'. Students will also enjoy a day trip to London, a boat trip on Southampton waters, and much more. go.soton.ac.uk/gqc
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Supporting a sustainable UK Holocaust research infrastructure
The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) has been signed into being with the UK as a founding member.
The end of last month saw the founding of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI). Our colleague @drpistol.bsky.social explains why it marks such an important moment for Holocaust Research in this blog: www.ukri.org/blog/support...
07.02.2025 15:29 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day 2025 - Voice FM Arts and Culture Podcast - Voice FM Southampton
Holocaust Memorial Day
A new interview for Voice FM: Soton History's Neil Gregor and Anoushka Alexander-Rose of the Parkes Institute discuss how this year's very important Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day will be commemorated by the University next Monday. Listen here, www.voicefmradio.co.uk/on-air/playe...
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Social-impact investor, Mentor, Board Member.
Stimulated by books, technology, global cultures, children.
Happily married to Sherry for many decades.
Exploring Britainβs war memorials. Boer War, First World War (Great War), Second World War et al. Member of the Great War Group #LestWeForget #Remembrance
Linguist & project manager translating from German for UK & international audiences.
- German & Slavic languages (ACIL, PG Dip Trans Open, MA Edin)
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An academic platform for collaborative research, teaching and other valorization activities on the subject of security history from the 19th Century and beyond.
securityhistorynetwork.com
Director of the UK Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI-UK) @ehri-uk.bsky.social at @historyatsoton.bsky.social. Digital historian of Second World War internment in the UK & USA and refugee history. Honorary Historian at World Jewish Relief
The UK national node of the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure @ehri-eu.bsky.social
We research, teach and raise awareness of relations between Jews and non-Jews, from antiquity to the present day. Based at @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Classics & Ancient History at Exeter, Leverhulme Major Research Fellow; much Thucydides, Marx and decadence, but also beer, cats and obscure European jazz. STILL trying to keep the blog going: https://thesphinxblog.com.
Roman historian. Associate Professor and Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Gothenburg: https://www.gu.se/en/about/find-staff/lewiswebb
Bestselling author, broadcaster, classicist βοΈ NO FRIEND TO THIS HOUSE: OUT NOW. Posts by N and team.
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Ancient Historian at the University of Southampton with a focus on Jewish Studies.
Digital Humanities person | Historian of C18: maritime communities, labour, poverty, identity | Research Fellow at University of Southampton
Academic working on Gender & Language in Greek tragedy, and gender in historical video games. Also a lot of women's cricket chat. Views all mine.
A.G Leventis Fellow in Greek Studies at the University of Bristol. Julius Pollux superfan. Expert in Ancient Greek jokes.
My research profile: https://tinyurl.com/2fc8fbzh
My book: https://tinyurl.com/2x256h64
Roman historian, digital humanist & contributor at Hyperallergic
Book π Strike: Labor, Unions & Resistance in the Roman Empire (Feb. 2025) : https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273144/strike/
Pasts Imperfect:
https://pasts-imperfect.ghost.io/
The Institute of Historical Research is the UKβs national home for history. Supporting historians with digital resources, library, seminars & training
https://www.history.ac.uk/ Part of @sasnews.bsky.social
The Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) in the School of Advanced Study. Promoting and supporting research into all aspects of Greek and Roman antiquity and beyond.
