Office Life in 20th-century London
A fresh perspective on how the rise of the clerical sector changed the workplace in the twentieth century
Dr Nicola Verdon: Life on the land, the British countryside since 1800
Nicola Verdon's work on the social and economic history of the British countryside in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries focuses on rural work patterns, family life and gender relations
What WW1 civilian internment can teach us about today
At least 800,000 civilians were imprisoned during WW1, but little is known about their experiences. Professor Matthew Stibbe is unlocking their untold story.
Matthew Stibbe: Changing views of twentieth century German history at A/AS and GCSE level
Matthew Stibbe's research on different aspects of World War I captivity and post-war reintegration of POWs into society offers new ways of looking at the legacy of the First World War in the 1920s and early 1930s
Clare Midgley: The history of British women's public activism
Professor Clare Midgley draws on her expertise in the history of British women's public activism to bring women's historic achievements into the public eye
A window to the Elizabethan world
Our research into Bess of Hardwick’s Derbyshire residence sheds new light on the Elizabethan era.
Making Visible the Invisible: Germany's Black diaspora, 1880s -1945
Today, nearly a million Black people live in Germany. But the longer history of a Black community stretches back to the 1880s – and, until now, this story has remained largely untold.