News in 2009
- Second success in French History Prize 10 November 2009 Bristol student wins prize from The Society for the Study of French History for producing one of the best undergraduate dissertations on the subject of French History at a British or Irish university in 2009.
- History Department launches blog 3 November 2009 The Department of History has just launched a blog, to keep staff, students and outsiders informed of developments in the department.
- Times Cheltenham Literature Festival 27 October 2009 Professor Robert Bickers speaks at the Times Cheltenham Literature Festival
- History Department starts Lunchtime Lecture Series 30 September 2009 A new fortnightly lecture series commences 12 October.
- History staff reassess the 1970s at the British Academy 28 September 2009 History staff reassess the 70s
- Professor Hutton on English Heritage Commission 22 July 2009 The Minister for Culture has appointed Professor Ronald Hutton as the historian to sit on the commission that governs English Heritage
- Arts and humanities making an impact 30 June 2009 A number of exciting research projects and collaborations at the University of Bristol were highlighted in a recent report by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
- Bristol student wins French History Prize 29 June 2009 Best undergraduate dissertation prize is won by Bristol graduate, Julia Gilham.
- British Historical Statistics Project (BHSP) 15 May 2009 The BHSP project has received seedcorn funding from an alumni of the Department, Mr Andrew Burton, who graduated in 1988 with a BA in History with study in German.
- Writing the Empire conference: call for papers 6 May 2009 Writing the Empire conference 24th - 26th June 2010: Call for papers
- Six research studentships awarded by AHRC 17 March 2009 Six research studentships awarded by AHRC
- School of Humanities rated "excellent" by AHRC 17 March 2009 School of Humanities rated "excellent" by AHRC
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Exhibition of historic China photographs in Bristol
7 January 2009
An exhibition curated by Professor Robert Bickers, Jamie Carstairs and Dr Catherine Ladds, is showing in Bristol at the Grant Bradley Gallery from 21 January to 23 February 2009.