USW History

Historians at the University of South Wales

[USW History @USWHistory]

Congratulations to the historians @USWHistory who are producing research whose impact is rated so highly: 100% world-leading / internationally excellent #REF2021 https://t.co/AHBsESWcRB

[USW History @USWHistory]

Join us on Wednesday, 12 November, to hear Professor Alan Lester discuss 'The British Empire in the Culture War': Public Talk: The British Empire in the Culture War | University of South Wales

[USW History @USWHistory]

Brilliant work from a @USWHistory alum

[University of South Wales @UniSouthWales]

When Jill Maclean retired from her banking job at the age of 59, a quiet life was far from her mind. Instead, she pursued her dream of going to university, and embarked on a History degree at USW (1/4)⬇️

[USW History @USWHistory]

With #Halloween approaching, Jonathan Durrant @USWHistory debunks some myths about witchcraft for @ConversationUK https://t.co/USiJ7mVbiH @USWResearch

[USW History @USWHistory]

Check out Andy Croll @USWHistory writing in the new issue of @HistoryToday on pit ponies and writing animal history @USWResearch

[USW History @USWHistory]

Christianity and #slavery in the C19: some comments from Chris Evans @USWHistory

[Chris Evans @cevans3]

Cardinal Newman: pro-slavery views of prominent 19th-century cleric raise questions about his educational legacy https://t.co/i7F2EcmeCI via @ConversationUK @USWResearch @USWHistory

[Peter Wakelin @PeterWakelin1]

Swansea artist George Little (1927-2019) spent a lifetime recording the ruins, slag heaps and abandoned townscapes of 'Copperpolis', and mines, quarries, metal works and docks wherever he went.
A forthcoming project ... announcement coming soon. @AIndustrialArch @artukdotorg

[USWResearch @USWResearch]

Today marks International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.

Prof Chris Evans @USWHistory dispels

5 Myths About Atlantic Slavery

https://t.co/seSTlfg51K

#RememberSlavery

[USW History @USWHistory]

Congratulations to @jessicadavies59 who has successfully defended her @USWHistory MRes dissertation, ‘Decolonising the University: Histories and History Departments in Welsh HE’. @USWResearch

[Dr Tim Galsworthy @TimGalsworthy]

Thanks to everyone who made this possible: the folks at @USCPress (esp @HistoryGuy111), my PhD team at @HistoryatSussex/@SussexAm, my teaching colleagues at @USWHistory & @HistoryUoG, my friends and family, and especially my pencampwr @catbateson.

Now to get the thing finished!

[USW History @USWHistory]

This is some career opportunity: Senior Curator of Collection Development: Industry @The_Waterfront in Swansea

[USW History @USWHistory]

Congratulations to @DrCRHill, who's no longer Dr Chris Hill @USWHistory but Associate Professor Chris Hill. A richly deserved promotion stemming from brilliant research on nuclear imperialism and much else besides @USWResearch

[USW History @USWHistory]

Don't miss "Setting the Record Straight: Discovering the History and Heritage of Women in South-East Wales", supported by @AMC_WAW, and helmed by Rachel Lock-Lewis @USWHistory. May 11 at @UniSouthWales Newport campus: https://t.co/xZk11d1zXu @USWResearch

[USW History @USWHistory]

Congratulations to Dr Chris Hill @USWHistory, who's leading a major research project - An Oral History of British Nuclear Test Veterans. Full story here: https://t.co/H0s61OZ6zx

[Chris Evans @cevans3]

Check this out: a podcast from Haptic and Hue on textiles for enslaved users in the eighteenth century (features @cevans3). A Sliver of Deep Blue Cloth https://t.co/EWwE0Oypes @USWResearch

[USW History @USWHistory]

How did the Republican Party, the party of Abraham Lincoln, become the party of Donald Trump? Tim Galsworthy @USWHistory explains. https://t.co/FQUqml8UNQ @USWResearch

[Anna French @dr__anna]

The European Reformation Research Group’s latest edited collection has been published by @Brill_History! The book marks 30 years of ERRG, with work by new and established researchers - asking how we might (re-)read the history of the #reformations

#earlymodern #twitterstorians

[USW History @USWHistory]

Join us at 12 noon on Wednesday, 8 March, to hear @TimGalsworthy speak on 'American Civil War memory and the Republican Party'. Venue: @UniSouthWales Treforest campus, room B 118 @USWResearch

[USW History @USWHistory]

Congratulations to Dr Jonathan Durrant @USWHistory, who's been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society @USWResearch

[Dr Ruth Atherton should be writing @DrRuthAtherton]

The deadline has been extended for the CFP so it's not too late to submit a proposal! Join us in Cambridge for what promises to be an excellent conference 😀 #twitterstorians #earlymodern #nuntastic #reformazing #ecrchat

[USW History @USWHistory]

Coming next week: "Teaching the Simple: Religious Education in Sixteenth-Century Germany", a talk by @USWHistory's Dr Ruth Atherton, Wednesday, 25 January at 3pm, at the Meeting House, Treforest Campus @UniSouthWales https://t.co/oNfDYHWBwR