We invite prize nominations for outstanding contributions to creating, compiling, and sharing data and information in economic history. One prize will be awarded biennially and the winner will be anno...

How British intellectuals of the twentieth century reckoned with the emergence of an Asian power

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