Pioneering historian who transformed the study of Africa by seeking out the testimonies of Africans

Details of Political Thought and Intellectual History Seminars for Michaelmas Term 2026

The drama and trauma of Britain’s 1976 financial crisis and resulting IMF bailout.

A discussion of a new book by Bill Whiteside about the sinking of the French fleet at Mers el-Kebir in July 1940. The author will be in conversation with Allen Packwood, Director of the Churchill…

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Educational Series A collection of specially curated open access articles selected by our contributing editors from academic journals.

John Iliffe was interested in evidence and interpretation, not theoretical abstraction.

This article explores the representations of Prince Maurice, Prince Palatine of the Rhine, in the history of the British Civil Wars. Tracing the development of his fearsome reputation as the wars p...

Home to over 600 collections on the history of modern Britain, Churchill Archives Centre opens its doors for an open day. The Archives Centre looks after the papers of politicians, civil servants,

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An inclusive, researcher-led network for UK-based early career researchers working in the humanities and social sciences

Women aren’t being burnt at the stake any more, but there is still risk and violence implicit in the label ‘witch’

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I want to live for ever. I want to retire at 50. Paying for care is a lottery. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to retire. The tropes of ageing are simultaneously contradictory and limiting, so what ...