Latest department news
Did You Know...?
The School of History was ranked No. 2 in the country in the Research Assessment Exercise 2008, and has recently launched new MA programmes in Modern History MA (September 2009) and the History of Science, Technology, the Environment and Medicine (September 2010).
Postdoctorate Opportunities
The School of History at the University of Kent intends to support an application in any area of history for the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme.
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Potential applicants are invited to send in a CV of 1 page and also a research proposal of 1000 words to the Head of School, Prof. Kenneth Fincham (K.C.Fincham@kent.ac.uk), no later than 5pm on 17 February 2010.
Informal enquiries may be directed to Prof. Kenneth Fincham (Head of Department), Professor Crosbie Smith (Director of Research) or Professor David Welch (Director of Graduate Studies).
Inaugural Lecture
Professor Mark Connelly will deliver the School of History's inaugural lecture on Friday, 19 Febuary at 5:15pm.
It will be entitled "Steady the Buffs: the East Kent Regiment on the Western Front, 1914-1918", and will be held in Woolf LT1.
This is an open lecture - all are welcome to attend.
Kent Historians Present at Conference in South Africa
Professor Mark Connelly and Dr Peter Donaldson recently travelled to Ladysmith, South Africa, in order to address the Anglo-Boer War 110th Anniversary Conference.
The conference was a great success, and their paper well received.
"The trouble you took not only to present a paper but also to travel to Ladysmith was very much appreciated... and will go down in the annals of the South African Military History Society and the Ladysmith Siege Museum Trust as one of the most amazing events in their existence."
High praise indeed!
New Appointment in Tudor and British History
The School of History is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr David Grummit to the position of Lecturer in British History.
He will be joining us in September 2010.
This is the third appointment (two of which have been to entirely new posts) within the last year.
Liberal Nationalism in Central Africa
Dr Giacomo Macola, Lecturer in African History at Kent, has recently published his latest book, 'Liberal Nationalism in Central Africa: A Biography of Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula'.
Credited with "transforming our understanding of the recent political history of Central Africa", the book examines the life of Harry Nkumbula, the first openly nationalist politician in Northern Rhodesia.
Published by Palgrave MacMillan, details may be found here.
