Department of History
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At York, you'll encounter innovative yet supportive small-group teaching, led by experts whose work receives international awards and stimulates public debate. Our extensive collaborations with partners in our beautiful historic city enable us to offer students and researchers exciting opportunities to apply historical thinking in wider contexts.
Professor Laura Stewart, Head of Department
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Book now for the next ISMR seminar, where Dr Sophia D'Ignazio will speak on "The Carolingian Invention of “Female” Monastics".
🗓️6pm BST, 19 June 2023, on Zoom (open to all).
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Join our @York_IGDC & YESI Climate Change Network workshop to learn more about #climatechange mitigation and adaptation across various geographical settings & disciplinary lenses.
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The full programme for upcoming conference, the Dissolvement of Kinship Ties in the Early Middle Ages on 1-2 June, is now available! Programme available below, including a link for Guy Halsall's plenary talk, which is open to all! 👇 docs.google.com/document/d/1qH…
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'Death, Paper, Scissors: Material Lives of the London Bills of Mortality'
On Thursday, Mark Jenner (@YorkHistoryDept) will be speaking to us at the @IHR_SCB. Register for free and come along!
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