We are delighted to receive some really positive feedback from in the #NSS2023. The results suggest our students feel intellectually stimulated, challenged, well-taught, and supported by the right balance of teaching and independent study, and able to access the right resources.
We are delighted to say that yesterday Catherine Ryan passed her viva on her PhD thesis 'Gender, status, place and networks: exploring Yorkshire property transfers, 1736-1783' with no amendments! Well done Dr Ryan!!
In the Harvard history dept most of the surviving Europeanists do Europe in the context of imperialism and colonialism. But no course on the French revolution, or on French history from medieval to the early modern period.
Happy holidays! Teesside University is now closed until Monday 5 January. Our social media team is taking a well-deserved break and our inbox will not be monitored.
📚 The Library will remain open 24/7 for self-service over the Christmas closure. Please bring your TUSC to access the building and download SafeZone for peace of mind whilst on campus.
🤍 Students, you're not alone during the winter break. Our mental health and wellbeing support services are available, including confidential 24/7 mental wellbeing assistance.https://t.co/299mnRsEts
📲 International applications, for help and advice call +44 (0)1642 738900 between 8.00am - 6.00pm (UK time). Weekends and bank holidays excluded.
Wishing our entire university community a peaceful and joyful festive break! 🎄✨
There’s an Iranian painting from 1945 called “The Victory of the Red Army over Fascism” that shows Stalin as an Iranian archer shooting an arrow into Hitler’s heart.
🏆🏆🏆 We've only gone and done it! Teesside University has been awarded Times Higher Education University of the Year 2025.
We're still taking the time to process this fantastic achievement, so be sure to check back in on our website and social channels tomorrow for more reflection and reaction.
In the meantime, we just want to express our heartfelt gratitude to everyone of our students, staff, alumni, partners and friends who have been alongside us and supported us on this journey. Thankyou so much. #THEAwards ❤️
Historians have generally argued that the United Irishmen 'took over' the Defenders. I reckon it's much more the other way round: the plebeian and peasant Defenders 'took over' the United Irish. We even have Thomas Addis Emmet trying to tell us this, by almost direct address.
In the book I did some stats collation from a variety of second works on demographic shifts in Ireland from plantation to the first half or so of the eighteenth-century. A thread. https://t.co/riubnJeHj7
Here's another section of my Irish peasantry book, 'At the Rising of the Moon' summarised.
This began as a quick comparator, but turned into an essay on English social history and a neo-Marxian revisionist account of its 'bourgeois revolution' . https://t.co/p1zfZ9Q1uF
I'm going to mention some themes from my recent book, 'At the Rising of the Moon'. First up: the tradition of the historical profession in Ireland. https://t.co/kVfh2K3nu7