Birmingham Research Institute for History and Cultures

Encouraging interdisciplinary research into cultures past and present.

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The School of History and Cultures

About BRIHC

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Postgraduate study

Our postgraduate community comes from all over the world, with students studying towards Masters or Doctoral degrees.

NEWS

Posted 11 October 2021

Discussion on Histories and Legacies of Psychological 'Treatments' for Homosexuality and Gender Non-Conformity

Video recordings of the event and study resources are now available.

Posted 05 October 2021

Africa Talks Autumn Seminars 2021

Full schedule of our regular research seminars in the Department of African Studies and Anthropology

EVENTS

Rethinking the Black Death: Can the Ottoman Plague Experience Offer Us Novel Insights?

20Oct

Looking for the Poor in Byzantium

20Oct

Search and Research - looking for women in the Danford Collection

26Oct

Decolonization and Fossil Developmentalism: Energy, Climate, Extractivism and Empire/Nation in the Twentieth Century

27Oct

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