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Volume 51, Issue 1 of The London Journal

How can drama explore past lives? Join playwright Sarah Dickenson, historian Matthew Davies and Birkbeck's MFA Directors to dig deep. Q&A.

"In Place"  is an archival and research-led visual project documenting displaced headstones embedded within London’s contemporary public landscape. Before the mid-nineteenth century, many of London’s ...

7 March 2026On Friday, 6 March 2026, the MLA, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), and American Historical Association (AHA) filed a motion for summary judgment in our case seeking to reverse...

It is with deep sadness that the Master and Fellows of St Peter’s College share news of the death of Professor Stephen Baxter.

Published in The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present (Vol. 5, No. 1, 1979)

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Volume 50, Issue 3 of The London Journal

The Worshipful Company of Curriers, has established an essay prize on the history of London, in association with The London Journal Trust and the IHR.

The Confederation of British Industry and Universities UK warn plans for a 6% levy will also affect the wider economy

Published in The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present (Ahead of Print, 2025)

This autumn, three students began their postgraduate degrees at Birkbeck as the first recipients of the new Carena Institute of Sustainable Archaeologies scholarships.

Why don’t we acknowledge that there are different ways of measuring the prevalence of anti-Jewish prejudice?

An announcement at the Labour Party conference promises the return of targeted student grants, but the cost will be covered by a levy on international student fee income