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Department of History

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Episode 1: Brighter Futures - Bodies, Hearts & Minds: Using the Past to Empower the Future for Young Women

Episode 1: Brighter Futures - Bodies, Hearts & Minds: Using the Past to Empower the Future for Young Women

With speaker Professor Tracey Loughran

Professor Jules Pretty, Professor Tracey Loughran

06 June 2022

Blog post

Does heritage have a role in addressing the climate crisis?

Does heritage have a role in addressing the climate crisis?

Fulbright scholar and public historian Donna Graves explains how heritage and culture sites can be used to engage the public in the debate around climate change.

Donna Graves

26 May 2022

Podcast

Public History Mends Lives

Professor Tracey Loughran

12 May 2022

Blog post

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

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Theatre and Black History

Theatre and Black History

Theatre can engage audiences with key events in Black History, uncover previously unheard voices and encourage discussions around issues. It can also challenge conventional views on history.

Professor Jeremy Krikler, Dr Holly Maples

10 February 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

Blog post

The ghosts of Weimar: is Weimar Germany a warning from history?

The ghosts of Weimar: is Weimar Germany a warning from history?

Dr Nadine Rossol and Professor Benjamin Ziemann explain the fall of the Weimar Republic and rise of Nazi Germany, and how it relates to current events.

Professor Benjamin Ziemann, Dr Nadine Rossol

19 January 2022

Blog post

Meet the researcher: James Jefferies

Research student and Assistant Lecturer James Jefferies, from the Department of History at the University of Essex, explains what inspired him to study history.

Hannah Onslow

09 December 2021

Blog post

Meet the researcher: Dr Tracey Loughran

Find out what inspired Dr Tracey Loughran to pursue a career in history research and teaching in our latest Meet the researcher article.

Hannah Onslow

06 October 2021

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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