Dr Tom Stammers has been awarded the RHS's Gladstone Prize 2021 for his book on the culture of collecting in post-revolutionary Paris

Dr Ciara Stewart spoke to the History Hack podcast about her work on female political engagement in nineteenth-century Ireland

Update on Dunelm House, now Grade II listed thanks to the efforts of Adrian Green and others.

The Department is pleased to announce the winners of our undergraduate academic prizes for this year, including the winners of our new prize for the best dissertation on BAME history

The latest edition of Symeon focuses on the theme of recovery, as society starts to reopen following the Covid-19 pandemic, with articles ranging from the recovery of earwax to Brexit and the myths of the Second World War

On 17 June, Abby Shovlin's outstanding contribution to student support in History was recognised by Durham Students' Union, as she was announced as the joint winner of this year's 'Student Support' category at the Annual Students' Union Awards 2021.

Dr Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough co-hosted the episode, which investigated the role of arts and humanities subjects in contributing to efforts to prevent climate change

We are pleased to announce that we are current recruiting a PhD student to assist in a research project on petitions to the House of Commons (1829-31) being run by Prof Richard Huzzey and Dr Henry Miller

Our Departmental anti-racism statement is being re-released to coincide with a major update to our diversity webpages

The two articles, by Dr Eleanor Barraclough and Dr Souvik Naha respectively, relate to the Visigothic princess Brunhilda and the role of imperialism in cricket

We are pleased to announce our new departmental Twitter account for students, which will share information, events, and departmental news

Dr Tom Stammers' monograph on the culture of collecting in nineteenth century France has been named in the shortlist for the Royal Historical Society's Gladstone Book Prize