Fancy studying an MA at York? Come to our MA taster day on 13 March 2024 to find out more! Please go to york.ac.uk/taster-days for more info.

TONIGHT at 6pm! University of York History Department invites you to join them for an interdisciplinary roundtable for LGBTQ+ History Month. Doing Queer History in the 2020s: A roundable for LGBTQ+ History Month ow.ly/jHoI50QF4KB

Join us for an IPUP seminar on 7 March, 6pm in CL/A/026 with Dominic Williams and Liz Watkins:   Reading the Faces of Auschwitz project, colourisation and the digital interpretation of photochemical records: Challenging the Perpetrator’s Gaze? Register at: bit.ly/3uPFFWK

How and when did the idea of ‘sustainable tourism development’ emerge? I have explored this in a case study of Negril. liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/full/10.38…

Dr Lizzy Spencer's (Lecturer in Eighteenth Century and Public History) book 'Describing Women’s Clothing in Eighteenth-Century England' was published this week! Please follow this link to find out more: boydellandbrewer.com/9781837650347/… Dr Lizzy Spencer

Excited to announce the publication of two volumes, Histories of Solitude and Histories of Perplexity that offer fresh perspectives on Colombia's past and present. Dr Ana Otero-Cleves Ana María Otero-Cleves (Lecturer in the History of Latin America) contributed to this collective project

Thinking of completing an MA in History at York? We have a range of scholarships available for MA students closing on 3 May 2024. Find out more here: york.ac.uk/history/study/…

History at York placed top 100 in the world according to the latest release of the QS World University Rankings by subject (2024)

Join the next IPUP seminar on 2 May with Michael Lambert on 'Sorry somehow? Narrating accountability, responsibility and the complicity of the British state for historic forced adoption' at 6-7.30 in BS/005 or online - register to attend online bit.ly/IPUP2May

Join us for the next IPUP seminar on 8th May, a collaboration with Centre for the History of People Place & Community. York History MA students will be reflecting on their experiences of Doing Public History in York. When: 5.30pm-7pm Where: V/N/123 and online -register to attend online bit.ly/3Qqn2A4

Well done British Postgraduate Network for Chinese Studies on a fantastic annual conference! Over 50 speakers & 2 keynotes, Prof Jiang Jiehong + Assoc Prof Jennifer Altehenger, came together over 2 days to explore ‘Braving the Tides: Chinese Individuals Navigating Social Changes’.

Professor Helen Cowie recently published an article in the British Journal for the History of Science. If you're interested in snakes, goats or nineteenth-century animal welfare, you can read it open access here: doi.org/10.1017/S00070…

‘Dr Will Tullett (Dr William Tullett), Lecturer in Early Modern History, has just had a chapter published on teaching history using the senses in the book ‘Innovations in Teaching History’, available open access here: read.uolpress.co.uk/projects/innov…’

.Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi Senior Lecturer in the Modern History of the Middle East, has published a new article with New Left Review on Iran’s presidential election and its significance: newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

.Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi has a new article exploring the first translations and reception of Antonio Gramsci into Persian published in South Atlantic Quarterly: tinyurl.com/2shxu3j7

Dr Emma Marshall was elected to the executive committee of the Social History Society for a term of three years. She's looking forward to working with a team of eminent historians to further the study and teaching of social history.

"New Open Access Article - 'Chronic challenges: picturing chronic disease by the World Health Organization'. Co-authored by the Department's own Alexander Medcalf and Prof Karl Atkin (Sociology), the article in Medical Humanities is available to view/download: bit.ly/3XKFyaz