1. January 20 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated to a fourth term as President of the United States, the only President ever to exceed two terms. 2. January 27th the Soviet Red Army liberates the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps. Photograph of prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau during liberation. 3. 14th April Bearers put […]
Manchester culture thrives from its diversity with a rich heritage. It also has a history of welcoming immigrants, especially European post-war refugees and the families who were fleeing the destruction left by WW2. The most recent influx of mass immigration into Manchester was during the 2007/08 recession. Almost every European country had been badly affected […]
Based on true events, Made in Dagenham is a 2010 film starring Sally Hawkins detailing the Ford sewing machinists strike, the success of which is widely regarded to have brought about the Equal Pay Act of 1970. In 1968 there were 55,000 men employed at Ford Motor Company’s Dagenham Factory and only 187 women. These […]
Issue 41 – Gender and Identity In Britain, the women’s liberation movement brought women’s history from the margins into the mainstream of historical thinking, seeking to trace both inequality and oppression through the past and to rediscover female experiences left out by traditional historiography. As the field developed, a gendered approach to history has provided […]
Hello and welcome to the brand new history departmental newspaper; The Manchester Historian. We’re really excited about this new project, which will hopefully continue long after the three of us have graduated! Essentially, we wanted to establish a History community, and use the paper as a tool to promote stronger ties between students, staff, the […]
Happy Holidays from everyone at the University of Manchester history department. We hope you have a a great break and see you in the new year! The Roman triumph was one including military, religious and political aspects. Holding a triumph was the highest honour for a Roman, the peak of a political career. There is […]
Everyone knows about the story of King Arthur, the gallant hero, and the Knights of the Round Table. A lot of this knowledge however, will derive from media and various glorified film depictions, which hold Arthur as one of England’s great underdogs, a man who rose up out of the most unlikely of places and […]
If you are thinking about applying for an MA in History now is the time to start putting those thoughts into action. On top of final year madness it can seem a bit impossible, but if you approach MA application with a certain mind set you should be ok. The most important thing is to […]
6 December 1956: The closing moments of an Olympic water polo match. Hungarian Ervin Zádor leaves the pool bleeding due to a punch from Soviet player Valentin Prokopov. The fracas? Evidence of the tensions consequential to a month’s worth of revolt in Hungary against the Soviet regime between 23 October and 10 November 1956. The uprising […]
The 16th century was a tumultuous epoch, overseeing momentous events, as well as a significant rise in the popularity and presence of magic in society. Magic was believed to be strongly connected to the relationship between God and man, with practising magicians performing divination rituals and trying to contact God. People believed God was reaching […]
Is that time of year where the essays are piling on, nights in the library are getting longer and exam revision is looming. But the end of the semester does lead to one good thing: Christmas. To whet your Christmassy appetites we have been looking at the history behind London’s Trafalgar square tradition that we […]
Hello everyone, and welcome to the History Society for the 2015/16 academic year! After a very busy Welcome Week and Week 1, we’ve kicked the year off with a bang and have loved seeing so many of you at our events or passing by the Welcome Week Fair stall. The History vs. English Pub Crawl […]
At the moment everyone speaks of May 7th 2015 as an important day in British Politics, but what about January 20th 1265? A little bit lesser known but vastly more important. More important than the signing of the Magna Carta and the end of the English Civil War but not quite as important as the […]
‘No, tell me where you’re really from.’ Not as recent a phenomenon as we may think… Ata Rahman looks at everyday racism by exploring his own family’s roots. The last editors’ notes from 2012/13 editors Ata Rahman and Charlie Bush. A review of Dr Parthasarathi’s lecture on the European-Asian economic divergence.