Congratulations to Hasaam Latif who has been awarded a Pearsall Fellowship in Naval and Maritime History by the Royal Historical Society!
You can read more about Hasaam's research into Lascars, Homelands and the twentieth-century British Empire here:
culturesofdisability.mmu.ac.uk/lascars-desc...
Honoured to have served as the internal examiner of Hasaam’s thesis. The fellowship is richly deserved!
Article by Leverhulme Early Career Fellow @caterose.bsky.social @durhamhistory.bsky.social on the importance of architectural atmospheres for developing our knowledge of the emotional landscapes of the past. Read here: doi.org/10.1163/2208...
'Touristed: European travellers, host communities and the production of local culture (1880–1940)' – a special issue of the Journal of Tourism History edited by our colleague Talitha Ilacqua 🥳🎉🌞
doi.org/10.1080/1755...
Len Scales in Die Zeit!
Als die Deutschen Deutsche wurden / When the Germans became Germans
www.zeit.de/2026/22/deut...
@lenscales.bsky.social
Thrilled to be in DIE ZEIT this week! Many thanks @zeit.de
Congratulations to Alastair on the article! It's also Gold Open Access and based on a recent Durham PhD 🎉🌟⚔️
Our colleague Talitha Ilacqua reviews *The First Fascist* in the Times Literary Supplement – 'the picaresque life of an antisemitic agitator'
www.the-tls.com/lives/biogra...
@thetls.bsky.social
Come hear writers Damian Le Bas and John Henry Phillips in conversation @dulib.bsky.social with Alex Barber @durhamhistory.bsky.social and Becky Taylor (UEA) - all about GRT History Month. Plus a screening of 'A Basket Full of Eggs' - about finding Romani heritage in the archive. 🗃️📜
Details in ALT.
The Black Death swept through Europe between 1347 and 1353, killing perhaps half of the population. Yet, little information exists about those who contracted plague and recovered.
New article by Alex Brown and @graceowen.bsky.social @durhamhistory.bsky.social on recovery from the Black Death 👇