This book examines the unique coastal-urban experience of World War I on the British home front using select case studies.

This book offers a groundbreaking exploration of the military welfare history ‘perspective,' a vital yet often overlooked aspect of welfare studies.

Abstract. By examining political literature, ephemera and oral histories, this article investigates the politics of pigmentation within the Black Power and

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As teaching staff face job loss, their bosses have netted pay rises and bought advice from a “vampiric” management consultancy, writes Prof. John Heathershaw of the University of Exeter

The Social History Society’s 2026 Annual Conference brought almost 200 historians to Lancaster University from 1-3 July, marking a particularly special occasion as the Society celebrated its …

Coffee plants are critically endangered by climate change. Researchers are finding solutions to keep scientists supplied with their favourite discovery fuel.

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Prof. Dr. Oliver Janz, editor-in-chief of the 1914–1918-online Encyclopedia, will discuss what makes a compelling encyclopedia article

Higher education institutions are still reluctant to discuss class, and how it plays out in academic careers. For Jamie Tully and Hazel Mycroft, it’s time to start talking Higher education institution...

Joe Saunders, University of York joe.saunders@york.ac.uk @joesaunders1.bsky.social I am a research student at the University of York and have for several years undertaken teaching work at the unive…

In a recent interview, the newly elected MP for Gorton and Denton, Hannah Spencer, has criticised fellow-MPs drinking whilst in Westminster. For Emma Peplow,

Nearly 18,000 people enlisted in international volunteers’ units in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. With many of them being former prisoners of war and foreign workers, the technical and...

Dr Michael Reeve is a lecturer in Modern British History at The Open University. We speak to him here about his current research on smoking in wartime Britain, as part of our Opening up history ...

Our wonderful PGR Reps, Aayushi Gupta and Louise Bell, are launching a new series of Work-in-Progress sessions – informal, supportive online spaces for postgraduates to share their research and rec…

The Military Welfare History Network provides a networking and dissemination platform for scholars who are research active in military welfare history. Thanks to the generous funding of the Wellcome T...

We are delighted to announce that nominations have reopened for our annual Public History Prize. The prize is awarded to a postgraduate student or an early career researcher who can demonstrate exc…