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Podcast

This Shining Hour

Join Donna Graves, Sarah Lloyd and Alix Green in conversation with Jules Pretty about contemporary history, public purpose and making an impact on culture and the economy. Donna Graves is a public historian from Berkeley in California; Sarah Lloyd is at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London; and Alix Green is from the Department of History at the University of Essex.

Professor Jules Pretty, Dr Alix Green

16 March 2023

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History and climate change

Research student Michael Sewell explains how understanding history can help us tackle climate change.

Michael Sewell

20 October 2022

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Our Fulbright experience

History research students Liam Redfern, Louise Rodwell and Michael Sewell, from the University of Essex, explain what they learned from working with Fulbright scholar Donna Graves during her residency in Essex's Department of History.

Louise Rodwell, Liam Redfern, Michael Sewell

20 October 2022

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Heritage and climate change

Heritage and climate change

Research student Liam Redfern explains why we cannot understand today’s climate emergency without understanding the historical journey that has brought us to this point.

Liam Redfern

20 October 2022

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Heritage of creativity in the environment

Heritage of creativity in the environment

Research student Louise Rodwell explains why the arts and humanities have a role to play in advocating for landscapes and ecosystems.

Louise Rodwell

20 October 2022

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Finding answers to the climate debate in history

Finding answers to the climate debate in history

Research student Michael Sewell explains how the Suffolk coast and the Long Shop Museum could hold the answers to understanding and tackling climate change.

Michael Sewell

20 October 2022

Podcast

Public History Mends Lives

Professor Tracey Loughran

12 May 2022

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Episode 1 - A Warm Shoulder: Using History to Empower Young Women - Brighter Futures

This blog was written by Professor Tracey Loughran with Kate Mahoney and Daisy Payling from the Body, Self, and Family project. We recently launched the toolkit – Bodies, Hearts, and Minds: Using the Past to Empower the Future. The toolkit uses historical sources to help young people think differently about their emotional and bodily wellbeing in the present, and their capacity to make change in the future.

Professor Tracey Loughran

12 May 2022

Podcast

Storytelling for Black History

Storytelling for Black History

Hidden histories and lost voices are now being heard. The latest episode of Louder Than Words looks at Black History through lenses of plays and literature. Contributors to this episode are:  Dr Jak Peake, Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Professor Jeremy Krikler, Department of history Dr Holly Maples, East 15 Acting School

Professor Jeremy Krikler, Dr Holly Maples, Dr Jak Peake, Professor Jules Pretty

10 February 2022

Podcast

Marconi unknown stories of the man who brought us wireless communication

Marconi unknown stories of the man who brought us wireless communication

Listen to the latest episode of the Louder Than Words Podcast to discover the story of inventor and radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi. Essex historians are now helping uncover new materials in the Marconi archive and finding new ways to engage the community in their discoveries.

Professor Jules Pretty

30 September 2021

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