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Department of History

The Department of History covers a wide range of British, European and world history from the early medieval period to the present. Whatever your interest – whether cultural, social, political, economic history – there is someone doing that kind of history in the department.

News

Posted 20 February 2019

Lessons to learn from the SDP for the Independents

Dr Matt Cole writes the latest Birmingham Perspective.

Posted 24 January 2019

Opening of the BRIHC Seminar

The new fortnightly BRIHC Seminar will provide a forum to present ongoing research in the School of History and Cultures launches on 29 January

Posted 17 January 2019

The Favourite, Mary Toft the Rabbit Breeder, and Women's Bodies

Karen Harvey writes about 'The Favourite, Mary Toft the Rabbit Breeder, and Women's Bodies' for History Workshop

Forthcoming events

Being out in the Work-place: networks, support and changing attitudes over time

13Feb

Who's Afraid of Margery Fry? Reflections on Education and Birmingham's Queer Heritage

26Feb

Of Broken Idylls and Mourning in Classical Sanskrit Poetry and Drama

26Feb

'Forging Revolution: Truth and Power in the Archives, 1646-1648'

27Feb

Bird La Bird's Travelling Queer Peoples' History

27Feb

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