News
Guernica - Birth of the blitzkrieg that rained death on a quiet town (Yorkshire Post, 26/04/17)
Dr Peter Anderson (History – Arts) explains the significance of the Nazis aerial bombing on Guernica, Spain, 80 years ago today, the first such attack on an undefended European town.
FOAR2000 students speak to BBC Radio Leeds about their Sweepiana exhibition (BBC Leeds, 24/07/17)
Students Joey Wright and Natasha Alan Smith (History) chat about the Sweepiana exhibition that they and other Leeds students have put on at the Leeds Central Library.
London's Triumph - Merchant Adventurers and the Tudor City by Stephen Alford - review (Guardian, 20/04/17)
Professor Stephen Alford’s newest book, which is about travel, trade deals and the rise of London as a global metropolis, is given a glowing review, the book is due for release on the 27th April.
Why We Need Black Studies: Breaking the Barriers between the university and community
The annual Race and Resistance Lecture which this year is co-sponsored by the School of History and the Conversations in Black History Series will be held on the 3rd May and given by Kehinde Andrews
New Lecturer in International History
The School of History is delighted to welcome Sean Fear to the department, who will be taking up the position of Lecturer in International History, joining the School in January 2018.