News
Call for Papers: Transnational War Volunteering: From Garibaldi to the Cold War
A conference will be held at the University of Leeds on 10 and 11 July 2018.
School of History wins at The Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Health and Safety 2017
The School of History is delighted to announce that at the Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Health and Safety, the School of History won an Award for Wellbeing Achievement.
Book Published: 'In the Mirror of the Prodigal Son'
Pietro Delcorno, a post-doctoral researcher, wrote a book published in October 2017 titled, 'In the Mirror of the Prodigal Son: The Pastoral Uses of a Biblical Narrative (c. 1200-1550)'.
The experience of sickness and health during Crusader campaigns to the eastern Mediterranean, 1095 - 1274
Institute for Medieval Studies alumna Dr Joanna Phillips' PhD thesis is previewed, which proposes the reading of medieval chronicles, specifically those of the crusades, for their medical content.
York Public Lecture Presented by Dr Joanna Phillips
Dr Joanna Phillips, a University of Leeds alumnus, delivered a public lecture at Barley Hall, York about how bodily suffering was seen as a form of religious devotion during the crusades.