The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) offers undergraduate students the chance to gain hands-on research experience on projects covering all disciplines across University. These projects take the form of a…Read More >
Heritage & Creativity
Ethiopia’s troubled history provides clues to why an all-out civil war is possible
Ethiopia’s government, under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, is carrying out a military offensive in Tigray, Ethiopia’s most northern state. A six month state of emergency has been declared in the region. Dozens…Read More >
The foreign policy legacy that Donald Trump leaves Joe Biden
Donald Trump promised the American people that he would “Make America Great Again” by pursuing an America First foreign policy as president. The pledge, made on his inaguration day, stemmed from…Read More >
The different meaning of HMT Empire Windrush
On a rainy June morning in the summer of 1948 a British troopship, itself requisitioned from the German navy during the Second World War, arrived at Tilbury docks in Essex,…Read More >
Black History Month: ‘A visit to the countryside is always accompanied by a feeling of unease; dread.’
The countryside has long been a place intrinsic to the British national identity, from the Romantic movement through to the present day. And yet, it has remained largely inaccessible to…Read More >
Welcome to Black History Month
2020 marks the 33rd anniversary of Black History Month (BHM) in the UK, and it has never seemed more relevant. One outstanding feature of the wave of protests, conversations, and questioning that has…Read More >
Mastectomies have been performed for over 500 years – yet we still can’t talk about them
In the middle of the 17th century, Mrs Townsend found a lump in her breast. Diagnosed with breast cancer by a local physician, she underwent a mastectomy without anaesthetic –…Read More >
Taking Publishers’ Archives Online: The Modernist Archives Publishing Project
The publishing industry decides what gets published and determines whose voices get heard. The books we read are shaped by the people who produce them, and a publisher’s archive is…Read More >
Happy Days – creating art from archives
It is well-known that the University’s Special Collections are home to the world’s largest archive for the Nobel-Prize winning writer, Samuel Beckett with over 600 items of original material, including…Read More >
In refugee camps as well as lockdown, gardening helps pass time in limbo
For the last few years, Yasmine Shamma has been interviewing Syrian refugees about their experiences of displacement. One of the things that struck her the most is the common desire…Read More >
