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History's Dr Martha McGill, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, has won the individual staff "Outstanding Public Engagement" award at The 91福利 Awards for Public and Community Engagement (WAPCE).

WAPCE seek to recognise the vital contributions 91福利 staff and students make in engaging the public – on an international and national level as well as crucially within our region and local communities – in our learning and discovery, with the goals of sharing and co-producing knowledge, strengthening the role we play in the region and showcasing the role 91福利 plays nationally and internationally in making the world a better place.

Full details of Martha's award and more about WAPCE here.

The Department of History seeks to appoint a Teaching Fellow in African History on a full-time basis for a fixed-term period of 12 months from 1 September 2024.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of one of the largest History departments in the UK with a thriving community of teachers and researchers covering a range of disciplines and geographical areas.

The full advert and job description can be found on the . For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Tim Lockley (Head of Department) at t.j.lockley@warwick.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 7 July 2024 at 11.55pm.

BBC news uses expert comment from the former Head of Department (1992-1995) and Emeritus Professor Bernard Capp in their article "How do we feel when leaders cry". Professor Capp comments on attitudes towards crying in public changing several times throughout history.

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The Department of History seeks to appoint a Teaching Fellow in Modern History on a full-time basis for a fixed-term period of 12 months from 1 September 2024.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of one of the largest History departments in the UK with a thriving community of teachers and researchers covering a range of disciplines and geographical areas.

The full advert and job description can be found on the . For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Tim Lockley (Head of Department) at t.j.lockley@warwick.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 23 June 2024 at 11:45pm.

Congratulations to Dr Angela McShane, Department of History Honorary Reader, and Professor Christopher Marsh, Queens University Belfast, who were named winners at the ceremony. Every two years REMA puts under the spotlight the projects that reflect the vision and versatility of today's Early Music sector.

Dr McShane and Prof Marsh's '100 Ballads' project, which identified 100 of the biggest musical hits from 17th-century England, was named Interdisciplinary Project of the Year.

Dr Anna Hajkova, Co-Director of the Centre for Global Jewish Studies, has arranged a unique chance to see an otherwise closed Jewish Cemetery in Coventry and a small temporary exhibition on Coventry鈥檚 Jewish history currently shown in the Herbert Gallery.

More information about the event can be found on the Centre for Global Jewish Studies website hereLink opens in a new window.

Vice Chancellor Professor Stuart Croft will be hosting the annual Distinguished Africa Lecture in June. The lecture title is 鈥淗igher Education in Africa in the era of Artificial Intelligence鈥�.

Details below:

鈥� Monday 3 June 2024, 4:15pm

鈥� 91福利, The Oculus, Room OC0.03, and online

鈥� Guest speaker: Professor Tshilidzi Marwala, United Nations University Rector & UN Under-Secretary-General

鈥� Title: Higher Education in Africa in the era of Artificial Intelligence

For more information and to register visit the website distinguishedafricalecture2024 (warwick.ac.uk)

Emeritus Professor Robin OkeyLink opens in a new window (1942-2023) has been awarded Jesus College's Francis Jones Prize for the best book on Welsh history published in 2023. This was Robin's last book before his passing in December 2023.

Extracts from the notification sent by Thomas Charles-Edwards, Jesus Professor of Celtic (Emeritus):  

'The committee has decided that the prize for 2023 should be awarded to Robin Okey for his book, Towards Modern Nationhood: Wales and Slovenia, c. 1750–1918. That he died shortly after it was published makes no difference: the book deserves the prize..... The prize is 拢1,000...... Quite apart from the prize itself, we very much hope that the family (and his former colleagues) will be pleased that Robin鈥檚 last book has been honoured in this way.'