Posts tagged with ‘history’
‘Echoes’: City of caves oral history project, share your story
The university’s Department of Classics and Archaeology are looking for stories about the city of Nottingham’s […]
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Tags: Cave, caves, city of caves, history, Nottingham caves
History Festival 2023
The History Festival is a collaborative event bringing together staff, students and the wider community — a series of history themed events including talks from specialists, family-friendly activities, and much more.
A fabulous failure — Bill Clinton, American capitalism and the origin of our troubled times
With Nelson Lichtenstein, Distinguished Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara.
Tags: history, Nelson Lichtenstein, politics
Houses and their occupants on University Park
This talk looks at some of the houses which are now part of University Park, and the business and professional families who lived in them, including many famous and interesting people.
Tags: FOUP, Friends of University Park, Heritage, history
Heritage character encounters
Join us for a guided heritage tour around the grounds of some of University Park’s historic houses.
Tags: FOUP, Friends of University Park, grounds, Heritage, Heritage character encounters, history
Women’s suffrage up to 1928
Val Wood of the Nottingham Women’s History Group considers the impact of the franchise for the women of Nottingham in terms of women’s political representation and suffrage activism in the city from 1918 to 1928.
Tags: A selection of elections, gender, history, politics, suffrage, women's suffrage
A great electioneer and his motives reconsidered: The 4th Duke of Newcastle
The ‘Great’ Reform Act of 1832 attempted a transformation in the system of parliamentary representation. In what ways did those who opposed the act interpret these changes and feel its consequences?
Tags: history, Richard Gaunt, Special collections
Heritage character encounters
Join us for guided heritage tours around the exterior of some of University Park’s Historic Houses.
Tags: FOUP, Friends of University Park, Heritage character encounters, history, University Park
India at 70: Historical and cultural reflections on 70 years of Indian Independence
A free, one-day conference marking the 70th anniversary of India’s independence.
Tags: culture, history, India, india independence
Fate, luck and fortune: popular narratives of environmental risk
The Department of Classics (University of Nottingham) and the Department of History (University of Liverpool) present ‘Fate, luck and fortune: narratives of environmental risk’. How do we talk about the risks of our environment? Who do we blame when things go wrong? Last in a series of three workshops.
Tags: classics, climate change, Department of classics, environment, Georgina Endfield, history, research, sustainability, University of Liverpool