2017 news

A two-day conference revisits the Swiss historian's accounts of the Italian Renaissance, 31 May

Sanjoy Bhattacharya invited to comment on report to the United Nations Human Rights Council

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Professor David Moon's article marks the centenary of the journal

Centre for Global Health Histories will be an official collaborating centre for four more years

PhD students from the Department of History are taking part in the BBC's History Weekend event.

The Department of History is participating in the White Rose Doctoral Training Centre post-doctoral Fellowship competition.

Suranga Dolamulla selected to attend international workshop

Dr Hannah Greig and Dr John Cooper advise on BBC’s retelling of the infamous plot

Dr Laura Stewart receives prestigious prize for book on Scottish Revolution

AHRC-funded 3D visualisation developed by York academics

Dr Laura Stewart co-organising conference on representations of the popular voice from c.1500

England the French wars of religion, organised by Dr Eric Durot, will open on 17 October at the Minster Library

Professor Sanjoy Bhattacharya delivers training to College of Medical administrators in Sri Lanka

Sanjoy Bhattacharya (Director of the Centre for Global Health Histories) featured in Devex article

Sabine Clarke wins British Academy Small Grant for project 'Insects, Empire and Britain's 'Warfare State'.

Dr Henrice Altink and Dr Alexander Medcalf both awarded grants for major new research projects

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PhD student Fiona Mozley has debut novel 'Elmet' longlisted for prestigious prize

'Diagnosing the Kaiser: Psychiatry, Wilhem II and the question of German war guilt' wins prize

Founding member of department remembered

Interdisciplinary workshop reflects on the role of community health workers globally

Dr Monica Saavedra's article examines aspects of the history of healthcare in Goa.

Dr Chris Renwick and Dr Mark Roodhouse give expert reactions

Dr Henrice Altink delivers successful workshop at 2017 platform for Global Disaster Risk Reduction in Mexico

A new collaborative project to be kickstarted with two conferences

Yiyun Ding secures funding from Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation

"Rethinking the Scottish Revolution: Covenanted Scotland, 1637-1651" one of six finalists

Lu Chen awarded prestigious Medical Humanities PhD studentship for smallpox project

Professor Ditchfield will speak on "Here time becomes space": Roma sancta in the Making of Roman Catholicism as a World Religion" on 6 June

Professor Bhattacharya, director of the Centre for Global Health Histories, will join the advisory panel for the 5-year touring exhibition about the sun

Dr Emilie Murphy, Lecturer in Early Modern History, has been awarded the prize for the best essay published in Renaissance Studies for 2016

On Thursday 18 May 2017, Professor David Wootton will speak on the theme of ‘Adam Smith: poverty and famine’ at Queen's College, University of Oxford.

Three academics from the Department of History have each been awarded fellowships from the Leverhulme Trust for their upcoming research.

The Department of History is holding a conference on the uses of history in early modern religious controversies on Friday 2 June 2017, 9.30am to 6.15pm.

David Moon, Anniversary Professor in History at the University of York, looks back at the career of Russia's last emperor.

History taught MA applicants eligible for £5,000 award

Dr Tara Alberts becomes Book Reviews editor for 'Medical History'

New award in memory of former student

History students celebrate a first novel and a WHO internship

Dr Lara Douds on the Russian Council of People's Commissars

Dr Monica Saavedra discusses Wellcome-funded Indian healthcare research

Sri Lanka's Director of Tertiary Care joins History to explore anti-microbial resistance

Dr Mark Jenner on Valentine Knight and the rebuilding of London

Dr David Clayton blogs for the British Library

Dr Jasper Heinzen to be hosted by the Institut d’études avancées in Paris