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IMS Postgraduate student successfully campaigns to correct misinformation about town’s history
Florence Scott, a PGR in the School of History, has successfully campaigned to correct false information after noticing that a false historical ‘fact’ was being used to insult the town of Goole.
Leeds history professor hosts BBC Radio 3 show exploring the language of Christopher Columbus
A University of Leeds academic took the presenter’s seat for an episode of BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking to ask: What language did Columbus speak?
School of History welcomes Professor Sanjoy Bhattacharya as new head
The School of History has welcomed an ‘outstanding leader’ as its new head.
Dr Sara Barker appears on BBC’s You’re Dead To Me podcast
The extraordinary story of the notorious Julie d’Aubigny was explored in the latest episode of BBC podcast You’re Dead To Me.
School of History research recognised by REF 2021
74% of research activity submitted by the School of History has been recognised as either “world-leading” or “internationally excellent” in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.