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  • Virtual Branch Film: The Ruin of all Witches

    14th December 2022

    Professor Malcom Gaskill joined the HA Virtual Branch on Thursday 10th December 2022 to discuss the subject of his book, The Ruin of all Witches, Life and Death in the New World, which was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize in 2022.His research explores the attitudes, beliefs and treatment of people as they...

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  • Virtual Branch Film: London in the 19th century

    25th November 2022

    In this HA Virtual Branch talk Peter Hounsell drew on his recently published book Bricks of Victorian London, exploring the crucial role brick production played in the creation of Britain's capital and why the important place of bricks in the fabric of the city isn't always obvious. Peter Hounsell has published...

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  • Excluded by men? Joanna the Mad, patriarchy and a charge of insanity

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  • Out and About in Hull’s Old Town

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  • History Abridged: London’s women statues

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  • My Favourite History Place: Sawley Abbey

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  • What did ‘Mature Socialism’ mean for the Soviet Union?

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  • Mountbatten in retirement: the abortive trip to rebel Rhodesia

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  • The rise and fall of Nauru

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  • Real Lives: Anna Wessels Williams (1863–1954)

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