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Love, Hate and Propaganda

Over recent months, Professor David Welch (Director of the Centre for the Study of Propaganda and War) has been acting as historical consultant to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for the largest television documentary project they have ever undertaken - a six-week series entitled Love, Hate and Propaganda.

This major prime-time series is the first of its kind in Canada, and focuses on the role of mass persuasion during the Second World War.

It premiers tonight (Thursday 4 March) on CBC. More details can be found here.

Anselm Lecture, 2010

The School of History and The Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies warmly invite you to attend the 2010 Anselm Lecture, Royal Annulments in the Middle Ages. by Professor David D’Avray FBA from University College London.

The lecture will be held on Wednesday 10th March at 5.30pm in Rutherford Lecture Theatre 1, Rutherford College, University of Kent.

Kent Symposium at the IHR

On March 19, a one-day symposium will take place at the Institute of Historical Research on the dynamism of the North Sea region, 1600-1800, and the emergence of an Atlantic Economy. Speakers from Sweden, the Netherlands and Britain will review recent research on Cities, Ecology and Exchange, pointing to new interpretations of 'the long road to the Industrial Revolution'.

For a full details, please click here.

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 Grummitt 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.