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Gordon Forster
Colleagues will be sorry to hear of the death, on 22 July 2017, of Gordon Forster, former Senior Lecturer in and Chairman of the School of History
Last post for the victims of Passchendaele (Yorkshire Post 29th July)
Professor Holger Afflerbach (History - AHC) explains why Passchendaele was one of the greatest disasters of the First World War, which soldiers thought was even worse than the Somme.
White House must conquer its own chaos and stop improvising to have a robust dialogue with Pyongyang (South China Morning Post 30th July)
Dr Adam Cathcart (History - AHC) says Donald Trump’s preoccupation with the Russian collusion scandal shows signs of breaking down the US message on North Korea.
'Christopher Who?' (History Today, Volume 67, Issue 8, August 2017)
Claudia Rogers, PhD researcher has written an article for History Today, which is featured on the front cover.
Game of Thrones Is Even Changing How Scholars Study the Real Middle Ages
Dr Marta Cobb (International Medieval Congress/Institute for Medieval Studies - AHC) is quoted in this piece about how the hit TV show Game of Thrones kindles fresh interest in Medieval Studies.