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In 1936 Edward Heath was among the many visitors to the Nuremberg Rally Grounds, the vast architectural stage for the annual Nazi Party rallies and one of the most potent symbols of the regime’s power. After 1945 the site’s monumental remains posed a pressing question: what should be done with the physical remnants of dictatorship?

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Every object has a story to tell. But how can one mystery item lead us on a journey through history, people and places?  In the English Heritage podcast, comedian and writer Amy Matthews brings you ...

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From the 1990s, the approaches of revisionist historians to the Civil Wars did much to recast the series of conflicts as ‘the Wars of the Three Kingdoms’.

Guest speaker Prof. Diane Watt gives this year’s Reuter Lecture titled, “Crossbows and Sugar: The Life & Letters of a Medieval Heiress”

On the 17-18th April we were proud to host The British Commission for Maritime History at the University of Southampton for their 31st ‘New Researchers in Maritime History’ Conference. Th…

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Exploring and challenging the academic lifework of Professor Joachim Schlör, this book provides a window into current developments and debates in Jewish cultura…

In 1936 Edward Heath was among the many visitors to the Nuremberg Rally Grounds, the vast architectural stage for the annual Nazi Party rallies and one of the most potent symbols of the regime’s power...

Getting involved in interactive education through internship placements.

How precision strikes became visual performances—and why that matters for law, legitimacy, and civilian harm.

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The Southampton Branch of the Classical Association organises lectures, excursions, winter (Saturnalia) and summer (Prandium) lunches.

On a cold and frosty late November morning, MA students taking Themes in Medieval and Early Modern History, along with two staff members, gathered outside Southampton Central railway station to cat…

We created the database in order to challenge assumptions about the lack of professionalism of everyday soldiers.

Professor Maria Hayward and Dr Julie Gammon were awarded prestigious Fellowships at the Lewis Walpole Library in Farmington, Connecticut which is part of Yale University this year, so they spent a …

Dr Annelies Cazemier On Wednesday 5th November 2025, Professor Josephine Quinn spoke to our Departmental research seminar about her book, How the World Made the West. It has received rave reviews a…

We seem to have an endless appetite for Tudor history.

Author Hirah Azhar, Doctoral researcher in the Department of History, University of Southampton and Imperial War Museum Blog Who decides what we see of war? What is censored, erased, or amplified? …

The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes.

Blog Post – An Escape Room in a Box Last November, I began a Digital Humanities internship, investigating the possible uses of their Museum in a Box (MiaB) which had been previously rarely used. Th…

Manchester Jewry has maintained an extraordinarily strong local identity, but is notable in its diversity.