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IPUP students contribute to new history podcast
Posted on Monday 25 September 2023
IPUP is collaborating on a new history podcast that traces the story of York from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day.
Alumni PhD scholarship success
Posted on Tuesday 27 June 2023
Congratulations to our alumni Kelly Bosomworth (Public History, 2022/23), who has been awarded a Collaborative Doctoral Award at Nottingham Trent University in partnership with the Women's Library at LSE.
Congratulations to our newest Public History graduates!
Posted on Friday 20 January 2023
We were incredibly proud to welcome back students of the MA in Public History Class of 22 for their graduation on Thursday 19th January.
Call for papers: Commemorating the Second World War in the ‘young 21st century’
Posted on Wednesday 4 January 2023
How has the Second World War been commemorated globally since 1991? How has public perception of and participation in commemorative activity and consumption changed? What strategies have been used to mobilise new technologies and navigate geo-political challenges? What controversies were triggered, narratives adjusted, new formats developed, or new media utilised? These questions, among others, will be discussed at the conference organised by the Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past, University of York, and the Chair of Modern and Contemporary History, University of Bonn.
Sharing stories on contested histories 2022
Posted on Thursday 1 December 2022
Dr Sophie Vohra reflects on her participation in the international 'Sharing stories on contested histories' 2022 training programme.