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The Body, Self and Family Project team in the University of Essex Department of History are interviewing women aged between 50 and 80 about their everyday health experiences, to paint a picture of how women in postwar Britain tried to stay healthy, coped with pain, and looked after their health.
Professor Tracey Loughran
18 December 2020
Department of History
09 November 2020
History students Lily Davis (3rd Year BA History) and Lauren Young (3rd Year BA History and Sociology) discuss an event held by the Department of History at Essex on the topic of Decolonising the Curriculum.
03 November 2020
Dr Lisa Smith
22 October 2020
In this blog, historian Professor Lucy Noakes looks into how the centenary of the First World War was marked and the importance of developing public history projects which uncovered more marginal histories.
Professor Lucy Noakes
06 September 2020
New research shows China's claim to have eradicated this parasitic disease in the 1950s were false, and part of a big cover up.
Dr Xun Zhou
22 August 2020
Alumni team, Michael Sewell
15 June 2020
The Chinese Communist Party has long used healthcare as part of its propaganda operation.
04 February 2020