Ranked 29th in the world (QS 2026), the School of English at the University of Leeds operates at the leading edge of recent developments in literary studies and creative practice. Located within the F...

Revett Sheppard (1779–1830) was a clergyman, naturalist and early member of the Linnean Society, but when he began his ‘Naturalist’s

The five-day conference is being held at Edinburgh University, the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC), and the National Museum of…

We are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack.

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Join us at Leeds Central Library with science historian Professor Topham for a talk based on his prize-winning study, Reading the Book of Nature (2022), where he will explore why the book was publishe...

The School is pleased to announce that it has several funding opportunities available for taught Masters students for 2026-27 entry, in addition to the many offered by the University more generally.

The Language of Social Science in Everyday Life - Peter Mandler (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge)

In the roster of laudable history books published in 2025, authors tackled topics as diverse as Gaza, Indian partition, extinction, medieval and Stuart monarchs – even historians themselves. Here, a p...

As part of our series on parliamentary buildings, Dr Kathryn Rix of our House of Commons, 1832-1945 project looks at the temporary chamber used by the House

The author of An Inspector Calls and other plays and novels was born in Manningham in Bradford.

Rose, Edwin D.. Reading the World: British Practice of Natural History, 1760-1820. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2025. xii + 395 pp. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780822948513.$45.00 (paper), ISBN 9780822967705. Reviewed by Nathan Cornish (University of Southampton, Exeter University, Kew Gardens) Published on H-Sci-Med-Tech (October, 2025) Commissioned by Penelope K. Hardy (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)

BAVS Liverpool 202627 – 29 July 2026 Keynote Speakers: Dr Alison Chapman (University of Victoria, BC), others to be confirmed. The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History (CMCH) at Liverpool Joh…

The British Academy has awarded its prestigious President’s Medal to the long-running and beloved BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time. Recognising its outstanding contribution to humanities and social s...

Highlighting the connections of people, trade and distribution within and across regions and nations. In memory of Peter Issac & John Hinks.

Abstract. This book addresses a concept—that of the organism, or biological individual—which is used across biology to pick out living things, but which is