http://www.bris.ac.uk/history/news/ All the news from the Department of History at the University of Bristol, UK. en-gb Tue, 21 May 2013 22:31:02 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss hums-web@bristol.ac.uk history-webmaster@bristol.ac.uk http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/web/terms-conditions.html 60 Search news archive by keyword news_text http://www.bris.ac.uk/history/news/news-results.html /history/news/ /history/images/hist-rss.jpg http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2013/106.html The Department is offering a doctoral scholarship for three years subject to satisfactory progress. The scholarship is funded in honour of Dr Ian Keil, a former student. Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:50:40 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2013/106.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2013/105.html On 20 March, the Cabot Project Schools Group ran its first 'conference' involving four local secondary schools. This involved fifty selected children, aged 12-13. Their presentations discussed the outcomes of group research projects the children had conducted over the previous six weeks, under the supervision of a dozen History undergraduates from the University of Bristol. Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:35:55 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2013/105.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2013/104.html Dr Chris Heal, who completed his thesis in the Department last summer, has been awarded a grant by South Gloucestershire Council to set-up a Hatters’ Trail. This heritage trail is based on Chris' work on the local hatting industry. Fri, 08 Mar 2013 18:37:56 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2013/104.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2013/103.html In a book published this week, Jonathan Saha explores 'Law, Disorder and the Colonial State'  in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Burma. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:28:19 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2013/103.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2013/102.html The Department congratulates Margery Masterson, who passed her PhD viva on Wednesday. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:06:14 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2013/102.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2013/101.html The Department is offering two doctoral scholarships open to students embarking on PhD research in any aspect of History. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:32:10 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2013/101.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2013/100.html The Department of History's  Past Matters programme is now available online. This year's programme will include public lectures by Prof Mary Beard, Prof Robert Bickers and Prof Brendan Simms. Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:11:05 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2013/100.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2012/99.html Ian Wei has been short-listed for The Longman / History Today Book of the Year Prize for 2013. This is for his monograph Intellectual Culture in Medieval Paris (CUP, 2012). Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:33:59 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2012/99.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2012/98.html Dr Jonathan Saha has just published an article in Past & Present, one of world’s leading history journals. The article reconsiders the nature of ‘the rule of law’ in colonial contexts. Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:45:41 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2012/98.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2013/97.html The Department congratulates Richard Stone, who passed his PhD viva today. Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:56:38 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2013/97.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2012/96.html Dr Hugh Pemberton has just published an article in Economic History Review (the World's leading economic history journal) that has 'lessons in it for today's policy makers'. Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:23:30 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2012/96.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2012/95.html Dr Isabella Jackson wins Arts Faculty Prize for best thesis completed in 2011/12. Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:10:26 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2012/95.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2012/94.html The department congratulates Dean Blackburn, who has successfully passed his viva with Prof. Richard Toye (Exeter) and Dr James Thompson (Bristol). Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:04:29 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2012/94.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2012/93.html Professor Peter Coates has received £7,310 to pursue a 7-week (or equivalent) project entitled ‘Fallen Fruits: Mapping Orchard Decline in the Quantock Hills at Parish Level with Tithe Record and Map Data’. Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:17:56 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2012/93.html News http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2012/92.html The Department congratulates Martin Earley, whose PhD has just passed its viva. Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:08:00 +0000 http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/news/2012/92.html News