Projects per year
Organization profile
The Centre for Historical Studies at the University of Northampton is a hub for a wide range of approaches and methods of thinking about the past.
Members include the History team at the University as well as scholars from a wide range of subject areas including English, Education, Acting and Drama, Journalism and the Institute of Leather Technology, and external partners.
The centre aims to enrich the wider discipline of History by creating a productive environment for high quality research, publications and postgraduate study as well as scholarly networking, conferences, and events. We will contribute to public debates, including the defence of History as an important and timely academic subject.
Current areas of focus include:
- Gender history
- History of warfare
- Medieval and early modern studies
- History of emotions
- Medical humanities
- History of crime
- Study of extreme right politics and culture
- History of Education
- History of sport and local history
External Partners
Our current external partners include Andrew Hann (English Heritage), Andy North (Northamptonshire Archives and Heritage), Graham McKechnie (Club Historian for Northampton RFC) Andrew Radd (Club historian for NCCC) and Nick Gordon (Cultural Services Manager for Northampton Museum and Art Gallery), Wendy Raybould (Northamptonshire Records Society), Howard Parkinson and Nick Gordon.
We would like to hear from you about potentially joining us as a member of the Centre and working with us to explore the past. If you are interested please email mark.rothery@northampton.ac.uk or paul.jackson@northampton.ac.uk
Banner image: Rafael Rodrigues Camargo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Profiles
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Dr Jim Beach
- University of Northampton, Culture - Senior Lecturer in 20th Century History
- Centre for Historical Studies
Person: Academic
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Dr Phillippa Bennett
- University of Northampton, Culture - Senior Lecturer in English & Creative Writing
- Centre for Sustainable Futures
- University of Northampton, Centre for Cultural and Literary Studies
- Centre for Historical Studies
Person: Academic
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Dr Drew Gray
- University of Northampton, Culture - Head of Culture
- Centre for Historical Studies
Person: Academic
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Newton Bhabha Fund PhD Placement Grant 2020-21
1/04/21 → 31/01/22
Project: Research › International Funding
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Manning the British Empire: Gender, Identity and Emotions in Early Twentieth Century Britain
Rothery, M., 30 Jan 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Family & Community History. 25, 3Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
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Beyond the Paranoid Style—Fascism, Radical Right and the Myth of Conspiracy: Fifth Convention of the International Association for Comparative Fascist Studies (COMFAS)
Jackson, P., 16 Nov 2022, In: Fascism. 11, 2, p. 339-341Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article
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Buckles
McCormack, M., 23 Mar 2022, DIGIT.EN.S: The Digital Encyclopedia of British Sociability in the Long Eighteenth Century.Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Entry for Dictionary/Encyclopedia › peer-review
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Introduction to A Cultural History of Shopping in the Early Modern Era
Reinke-Williams, T., 30 Jun 2022, A Cultural History of Shopping in the Early Modern Era. Reinke-Williams, T. (ed.). 1st ed. London: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 1-21 21 p. (A Cultural History of Shopping).Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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Katie Barclay and Francois Soyer, Emotions in Europe 1517-1914 (Routledge, 2021)
Rothery, M., 29 Nov 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Family & Community History.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book Review › peer-review
Activities
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The emotional world of the post-war British extreme right.
Clive Henry (Author)
11 Jan 2022Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Research
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Green fingers or Brownshirts? The Contemporary US National Socialist Movement and Environmentalism
Daniel Jones (Author)
22 Apr 2022Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation
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Post-War Anti-Fascism, the Radical Right and the Far Right: Emotion, Culture and Identity
Daniel Jones (Chair), Siobhan Hyland (Member of programme committee), Clive Henry (Member of programme committee) & Adrian Michael Leibowitz (Member of programme committee)
22 Apr 2022Activity: Organising a conference or workshop › Research
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University of Northampton
Lee Machado (Academic) & Paul Jackson (Academic)
10 Mar 2022Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Book Launch › Research
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The Real Ridley Road - Antifascism in Britain post 1945
Daniel Jones (Invited speaker)
9 Jun 2022Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Invited talk › Research
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Press / Media
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New research centre will tackle racial inequality and racism
Michael Opoku Agyeman & Paul Jackson
25/08/22
1 item of Media coverage
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For tolerance of body diversity, academia gets a big, fat zero
30/09/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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