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2017 news

2017 news

21 December 2017

A two-day conference revisits the Swiss historian's accounts of the Italian Renaissance, 31 May

18 December 2017

Sanjoy Bhattacharya invited to comment on report to the United Nations Human Rights Council

14 December 2017

Do you have a PhD in Politics, International Development or a similar field?

13 December 2017

Now inviting expressions of interest

24 November 2017

Professor David Moon's article marks the centenary of the journal

21 November 2017

Centre for Global Health Histories will be an official collaborating centre for four more years

10 November 2017

PhD students from the Department of History are taking part in the BBC's History Weekend event.

10 November 2017

The Department of History is participating in the White Rose Doctoral Training Centre post-doctoral Fellowship competition.

25 October 2017

Suranga Dolamulla selected to attend international workshop

20 October 2017

Dr Hannah Greig and Dr John Cooper advise on BBC’s retelling of the infamous plot

18 October 2017

Dr Laura Stewart receives prestigious prize for book on Scottish Revolution

17 October 2017

AHRC-funded 3D visualisation developed by York academics

6 October 2017

Dr Laura Stewart co-organising conference on representations of the popular voice from c.1500

6 October 2017

England the French wars of religion, organised by Dr Eric Durot, will open on 17 October at the Minster Library

29 September 2017

Professor Sanjoy Bhattacharya delivers training to College of Medical administrators in Sri Lanka

12 September 2017

Sanjoy Bhattacharya (Director of the Centre for Global Health Histories) featured in Devex article

8 September 2017

Sabine Clarke wins British Academy Small Grant for project 'Insects, Empire and Britain's 'Warfare State'.

5 September 2017

Dr Henrice Altink and Dr Alexander Medcalf both awarded grants for major new research projects

30 August 2017

Express your interest now for opportunities available in 2017/18

28 July 2017

PhD student Fiona Mozley has debut novel 'Elmet' longlisted for prestigious prize

23 July 2017

'Diagnosing the Kaiser: Psychiatry, Wilhem II and the question of German war guilt' wins prize

17 July 2017

Founding member of department remembered

17 July 2017

Interdisciplinary workshop reflects on the role of community health workers globally

6 July 2017

Dr Monica Saavedra's article examines aspects of the history of healthcare in Goa.

6 June 2017

Dr Chris Renwick and Dr Mark Roodhouse give expert reactions

2 June 2017

Dr Henrice Altink delivers successful workshop at 2017 platform for Global Disaster Risk Reduction in Mexico

2 June 2017

A new collaborative project to be kickstarted with two conferences

2 June 2017

Yiyun Ding secures funding from Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation

22 May 2017

"Rethinking the Scottish Revolution: Covenanted Scotland, 1637-1651" one of six finalists

19 May 2017

Lu Chen awarded prestigious Medical Humanities PhD studentship for smallpox project

12 May 2017

Professor Ditchfield will speak on "Here time becomes space": Roma sancta in the Making of Roman Catholicism as a World Religion" on 6 June

12 May 2017

Professor Bhattacharya, director of the Centre for Global Health Histories, will join the advisory panel for the 5-year touring exhibition about the sun

4 May 2017

Dr Emilie Murphy, Lecturer in Early Modern History, has been awarded the prize for the best essay published in Renaissance Studies for 2016

27 April 2017

On Thursday 18 May 2017, Professor David Wootton will speak on the theme of ‘Adam Smith: poverty and famine’ at Queen's College, University of Oxford.

4 April 2017

Three academics from the Department of History have each been awarded fellowships from the Leverhulme Trust for their upcoming research.

29 March 2017

The Department of History is holding a conference on the uses of history in early modern religious controversies on Friday 2 June 2017, 9.30am to 6.15pm.

27 March 2017

David Moon, Anniversary Professor in History at the University of York, looks back at the career of Russia's last emperor.

9 March 2017

History taught MA applicants eligible for £5,000 award

6 March 2017

Dr Tara Alberts becomes Book Reviews editor for 'Medical History'

1 March 2017

New award in memory of former student

25 February 2017

History students celebrate a first novel and a WHO internship

17 February 2017

Dr Lara Douds on the Russian Council of People's Commissars

15 February 2017

Dr Monica Saavedra discusses Wellcome-funded Indian healthcare research

3 February 2017

Sri Lanka's Director of Tertiary Care joins History to explore anti-microbial resistance

3 February 2017

Dr Mark Jenner on Valentine Knight and the rebuilding of London

23 January 2017

Dr David Clayton blogs for the British Library

10 January 2017

Dr Jasper Heinzen to be hosted by the Institut d’études avancées in Paris

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