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Organisation profile
Organisation 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, Nick Gordon, Historylab and the Radical History Group.
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
- University of Northampton, Centre for Cultural and Literary Studies
- Centre for Historical Studies
- Centre for Sustainable Futures
Person: Academic
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Dr Drew Gray
- University of Northampton, Culture - Head of Culture
- Centre for Historical Studies
Person: Academic
Projects
- 2 Finished
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ERRN: Extreme Right Research Network
Jackson, P., Moss, R., Jones, D. & Hyland, S.
3/02/23 → 31/07/23
Project: Internal Fund › Accelerator Impact Fund
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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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Archiving the Extreme: Ethical Challenges in Sharing, Researching and Teaching
Jones, D., 2 Apr 2024, The Ethics of Researching the Far Right: Critical Approaches and Reflections. Braune, J., Mondon, A., Tinsley, M. & Vaughan, A. (eds.). Manchester University Press, (Racism, Resistance and Social Change).Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
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British Antifascist Communities of Activism Since 1945
Hyland, S., 13 Feb 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Family & Community History.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
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David Myatt’s imagined emotionology, his striving for authentic Aryan emotional communities, and the dishonourable Wulstan Tedder
Henry, C., 2 Apr 2024, In: Family & Community History. 27, 1, p. 50-71 22 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
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Editorial Introduction: Contextualising British fascist community building since 1945
Jackson, P., 2 Apr 2024, In: Family & Community History. 27, 1, p. 1-5 5 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article
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Embodying the history of shoes: Footwear and gender in Britain, 1700-1850
McCormack, M., 20 Feb 2024, The Material Body: Embodiment, History and Archaeology in Industrialising England, 1700-1850. Craig-Atkins, E. & Harvey, K. (eds.). Manchester: Manchester University Press, (Social Archaeology and Material Worlds).Research output: Contribution to Book/Report › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Alfred of Wessex and the Making of England
Toby Purser (Author)
14 Mar 2024Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Invited talk › Enterprise
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Emotional Economies of Pleasure and the Eighteenth Century Gentry
Mark Rothery (Author)
5 Jan 2024Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation
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Gender and Political Groups in Britain c. 1650-1950
Kathrina Perry (Organiser)
19 May 2023Activity: Organising a conference or workshop › Research
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Well-Being: Past and Present
Mark Rothery (Author)
12 Jul 2023Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation
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Caring Archives: Wellbeing Challenges in an Archive of Extremism
Daniel Jones (Author)
12 Jul 2023Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation
Student theses
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British far right and anti-fascist media's construction of identity: Searchlight and Spearhead, 1964 – 1982
Author: Jones, D., Jul 2021Supervisor: Jackson, P. (Supervisor), Cooper, N. (Supervisor) & Gray, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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Press/Media
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New English History Study Results from University of Northampton Described ('so Manly and Ornamental': Shoe Buckles and Britain's Eighteenth Century)
3/10/23
1 item of Media coverage
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St. Vincent College Center for Catholic Thought and Culture holds annual Fides et Ratio Seminar
20/07/23
1 item of Media coverage
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St. Vincent College Center for Catholic Thought and Culture holds annual Fides et Ratio Seminar
20/07/23
1 item of Media coverage
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Prince Andrew's predecessor and his lover were also caught in scandals
31/01/23
1 item of Media coverage
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