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Call for Papers

21 May 2013

Society for Renaissance Studies 6th Biennial Conference,
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Culture,
13-15 July 2014


Dr Christer Petley Features in BBC4's 'Nelson's Carribean Hell-hole: An Eighteenth Century Navy Graveyard Uncovered'

2 May 2013

Senior Lecturer in History Dr Christer Petley has featured in a BBC4 documentary exploring Britain’s imperial past in Antigua, and helps to tell the story of how, and why, the navy inhabited the dark waters of the Caribbean islands during the age of slavery.


Avenue Campus

The Parkes East and Central European Scholarships in Jewish History and Culture

15 April 2013

One Scholarship (tuition fees and maintenance) is available for citizens of selected East and East-Central European countries to study for an MA in Jewish History and Culture at the Faculty of Humanities.


Southampton's Avenue Campus

Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute studentship now available

28 March 2013

English Seafarer Communities in the Later Middle Ages: A Study in the Socio-Economics of an Occupational Group .


Jewish Life in Berlin, 1933-1941

Southampton Professor publishes book containing new insights into Jewish life under Nazi rule.

25 March 2013

Professor of Modern Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at Southampton, Joachim Schloer, has published a fascinating new book, titled Jewish Life in Berlin, 1933-1941, recording the work of German-Polish photographer Abraham Pisarek.


Prof Anne Curry, Dean of Humanities

Born to be King? Henry V before 1413

11 March 2013

Dean of Humanities, Professor Anne Curry will deliver a lecture on Henry V at the University of Lincoln to mark the 600th anniversary of his accession to the throne.


George Chauncey and Mark Cornwall

LGBT History at Southampton

1 March 2013

The annual Southampton Stonewall Lecture on 21 February 2013 was delivered by Professor George Chauncey (Yale University) on “Gay Culture in Postwar New York”.


Curating Empire cover

'Museums and Empire'

6 February 2013

On Tuesday 19 February next, the Centre for Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies will host a discussion on the theme of ‘Museums and Empire’.


Dr Rémy Ambühl

Not just a King’s ransom: war was a money-spinner for the rank-and-file soldier in the Late Middle Ages

24 January 2013

Research by a University of Southampton historian has found that the practice of ransom was widespread among all soldiers during the Hundred Years War (1337 – 1453) and not, as generally thought, just the preserve of kings, knights and higher orders.


Humanities at Southampton

Humanities Wolfson Foundation Scholarships now available for 2013 entry

22 November 2012

Humanities at Southampton is pleased to offer postgraduate scholarships funded by the Wolfson Foundation. For October 2013 entry, we have three Wolfson Scholarships to award for study at doctoral level.