In January this year, Mercedes Peñalba-Sotorrío participated in the international conference ’60 Years 1964-2024. Fascism Seminar Revisited’, commemorating George L. Mosse’s landmark seminar at Stanford University in 1963, which defined the early parameters of European fascism amidst the post-war era’s…
Congratulations to Dr Samantha Nelson who has been awarded the 2025-26 Pearsall Fellowship in Naval and Maritime History at the Institute for Historical Research, part of the University of London’s School of Advanced Studies. Samantha recently completed an AHRC-funded PhD…
On 8 May, Dr Tom Hamilton gave the HaCC annual lecture. Dr Hamilton spoke about the subject of his latest book, A Widow’s Vengeance after the Wars of Religion (OUP). The lecture followed the story of the widow Renée Chevalier…
In April 2025, HaCC co-sponsored an international conference entitled ‘Plunder, Pillage and Spoils of War in History and Law’ at the Royal Armouries in Leeds. Speakers came from institutions around the world to discuss aspects of plunder in periods from…
The Northern Network for the Study of the Crusades will hold its 7th Annual Symposium at MMU on 16th December 2024. The event will comprise research papers, a postgraduate workshop on ‘Writing Military History’, and a keynote lecture by Prof.…
We are delighted to announce that pre-orders are now open for Persecution and Genocide: A History, by HaCC member Gervase Phillips. The book offers an unparalleled range of comparative studies considering both persecution and genocide across two thousand years of…
This summer, the School of Digital Arts at MMU is hosting a festival of Ukrainian cinema. There are six screenings, including Ukrainian historical and contemporary cinema, work about war, architecture, and family friendly films. For each screening an expert will…
Manchester Met has amazing opportunities for researchers in the post-doctoral phase of their careers. The Third Century Fellowship Scheme has multiple roles across different areas of independent research #twitterstorians #ECRChat Find out more: