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Read our latest Newsletter
The School publishes a newsletter each month to inform our members, the university and wider community of recent developments and achievements by members of the School research and teaching community.
- September 13 edition [pdf file]
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Undergraduate Awards 2013 Winner
Many congratulations to Simon Gallaher (BA History 2013), who has won the 2013 Undergraduate Awards prize for Historical Studies, for his essay on 'Why was Klan violence effective as a means of conservative opposition to Reconstruction?'
Congratulations also to Jonathan Hayes, who was Highly Commended in the same category.
For more details, see: http://www.undergraduateawards.com/winners/winners-2013
Both disciplines in the School have been given very strong approval ratings by our final year undergraduates in NSS 2013:
- Anthropology received an overall satisfaction score of 92%, with a 96% rating for staff enthusiasm (above both the QUB and national subject average scores);
- History received an overall satisfaction score of 93% - with a 94% satisfaction rate with quality of teaching - (also above both the QUB and national subject average scores)
- QUB received an overall satisfaction score of 90% for all courses, raising it to 12th place in the UK university results.
- Thanks to all our students who took the trouble to complete this year’s survey.
- More data is at http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/lt/publicinfo/nationalstudentsurvey/nationalstudentsurveydata/2013/
Prof. Hastings Donnan elected Fellow of the British Academy
Congratulations to Hastings Donnan, Professor of Social Anthropology and Director of the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice at Queen's, on his election as a Fellow of the British Academy in July 2013. More information on this year's elections from the British Academy website.
Wiles Lecturer for 2014 announced
The Wiles Lecturer for 2014 will be Prof Rana Mitter (Oxford) on modern Chinese history.
Click here for details.
Postgraduate Poster Presentations 2013
See a sample of our 2013 PhD Research Poster Presentations here:
http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofHistoryandAnthropology/Research/PostgradResearchPosters/
Queen's is launching a new Masters by Research (MRes) in Irish Local History.
The programme is aimed primarily at people interested in undertaking a major research project in a local history topic relating to Ulster or the island of Ireland more generally. People wishing to return to study and/or wishing to undertake the programme part-time (over 31 months) are particularly welcome, although the programme is also available full-time over 12 months.
If you have a serious interest in local history, the MRes is designed to offer you personalised training, guidance and support to help you turn your local history topic into an academic project, ideally with a view to future publication.
For more information, visit the MRes webpage.
Wiles Podcasts
Robert Gildea's 2013 Wiles Lectures on 'Remembering and Repetition in France: Defeat, Colonialism and Resistance since 1940' are now available as Podcasts, via the Wiles Lectures webpages.
QUB – US Undergraduate Exchanges 2013-14
We are delighted to be able to announce agreements for 2 new Undergraduate Student Exchanges with US Universities starting in 2013-14, open to students registered in the School. We are also in a position to offer bursaries to support these exchanges to 4 QUB students accepted for the exchange programme in 2013-14.
Our Exchanges are with:
(1) University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) – Fall Semester (16 Aug – 14 Dec) – 2 students. See: http://www.uis.edu/
(2) College of Charleston (CoC), Charleston, S. Carolina – Spring Semester (6 Jan – 2 May) – 2 students. See: http://www.cofc.edu/international-landing/
- QUB exchange students will continue to pay fees to QUB and attend the host institution fees-free
- Host university will assist with finding affordable accommodation and with orientation
- Courses taken at host university will be credited to QUB student transcript
- Preference for current Level 1 students to take exchange semester during Level 2 year
- Opportunity for US experience at university and in museum/archive internships (e.g. Lincoln Library and Museum, Springfield)
2013-14 Exchange Bursaries
- In 2013-14 the School can offer 4 Exchange Bursaries to support students undertaking the US student exchanges (2 for UIS, 2 for CoC).
- Up to £800 each is available to cover travel and additional accommodation expenses (payable against receipts).
- Applicants for an Exchange place and Bursary must email the School Secretary (s.tempelton@qub.ac.uk) before 4pm on Wednesday 1 May, indicating that they wish to be considered for either (1) the UIS Exchange in Fall 2013 or (2) the CoC Exchange in Spring 2014, and providing a short statement on how they feel undertaking the Exchange will enhance their student experience. In the case of multiple applications, performance in Level 1 Semester 1 modules will be taken into consideration in awarding an Exchange place
Information Meeting
An information meeting with members of staff involved in establishing the exchanges will take place on Wednesday 24 April at 2pm in 16 University Square, G01. Please attend this meeting if interested, or contact Dr Brian Kelly (CoC), Dr Olwen Purdue (UIS) or Prof. Catherine Clinton (either).
Queen’s Historians go to Gaol: Prison, poorhouse and philanthropy in the lives of Belfast's poor, 1800-1939
Time: 2.30-4.30 pmDate: Wednesday 17 April 2013
Venue: Crumlin Road Gaol, 53-55 Crumlin Road, Belfast, BT14 6ST
Contact: g.laragy@qub.ac.uk
As part of the ‘Queen’s in the Community’ initiative, members of the School of History are holding an event at Crumlin Road Gaol where we will discuss the poor, criminal and sick of Belfast in the past.
ALL WELCOME - free event.
Hollywood role for Queen's historian
Daniel Day-Lewis and Sally Field may be the stars of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln film, but a member of Queen’s staff had her own role to play in bringing the film to the big screen.
Professor Catherine Clinton, Chair of American History in the School of History and Anthropology, was a consultant on the film which has received 12 Academy Award nominations. Ahead of this month’s Oscar ceremony, Queen’s Now spoke to Catherine to find out more.
>>>Read more
Undergraduate Scholarships for students from England, Scotland and Wales
If you make Queen's your firm choice and enrol on an Undergraduate course in September 2013, you could receive a merit based scholarship which reduces your tuition fees each year.
Eligible students who achieve AAB at A-level, or the equivalent in other qualifications (as determined by the Admissions and Access Service), will qualify for a scholarship of £2,500, those who achieve ABB at A-level or the equivalent in other qualifications will qualify for £1,750, and those who satisfy the conditions of their offer (if lower) will qualify for £1,250.
Fore more details - click here.
School welcomes new Professor
Crawford Gribben joins the School as Professor of Early Modern British History in January 2013.
He is a a cultural and literary historian whose work concentrates on the development and dissemination of religious ideas, especially in terms of apocalyptic and millennial thought, in the print cultures of Puritanism and evangelicalism. His current projects in the earlier period include writing John Owen and English Puritanism and editing Dublin: Renaissance City of Literature. He serves as co-editor of a series of monographs and edited collections entitled 'Christianities in the trans-Atlantic world, 1550-1800' (Palgrave Macmillan), and is a general editor of a major new multi-volume and multi-authored project entitled Calvin and Global Calvinism 1509-2009. He also directs the 'Radical Religion in the trans-Atlantic world, 1500-1800' project (funded by the Irish Research Council, 2012-13).
Professor Gribben joins us from TCD, where he held posts in early-modern literature and history. He will be an Institute Fellow of the QUB Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities January-September 2013.
Anthropology PhDs Elina Rowley and Jaime Rollins-McColgan
Winter Graduation 2012
Congratulations to all our students who graduated at the Queen's Winter Graduation Ceremony on 12 December.
In total, the School had four PhDs, 49 MAs and 4 BAs take their degrees on this occasion. We hope everyone enjoyed the occasion.
School launches Belfast histories
Queen's historians have published two important books on Belfast history in November:
Belfast: The Emerging City 1850-1914
Edited by Dr Olwen Purdue and published by Irish Academic Press, this book brings together a number of scholars from Queen's and elsewhere to explore the development of the city in its Victorian and Edwardian heyday. By focusing on the people of the city - those who built it, lived in it, visited it, worked in it, and governed it - the book presents a kaleidoscope of snapshots which combine to reveal the rich and varied experiences of life, both temporal and spiritual, in the emerging city. It offers a remarkable picture of the role Belfast played in the urban history of Victorian Britain and Ireland. The book will be launched at the Ulster Museum on 29 November at 6.30pm. QUB contributors include Olwen Purdue, Steve Royle, Sean Connolly, Paul Harron, Glenn Patterson, and Liam Kennedy. More information.
Belfast 400: People, Place and History
This landmark publication is edited by Prof. Sean Connolly and published by Liverpool University Press. This volume, the outcome of a collaboration with Belfast City Council and the Leverhulme Trust, marks the 400th anniversary of Belfast's first charter of incorporation as a town in 1613. Belfast 400 presents a new history of one of the world’s most fascinating and most misunderstood cities. The misunderstanding, and the fascination, arise from the same contradictions. Belfast was a significant part of the story of Great Britain’s rise to industrial greatness. But it was a city located, not in Great Britain, but in Ireland. It was one of the main theatres in which the conflicts of identity that have created modern Ireland were fought out. Yet both its politics and its industrial character set it wholly apart from other Irish towns. A central part of the history of both societies, it has never fitted neatly into the accepted narrative of either. Against this background Belfast 400 seeks to recapture the true history of Ireland’s second city in all its complexity. The book features contributions from a number of Queen's scholars, including Sean Connolly, Gillian McIntosh, Ruairi Ó Baoill, Steve Royle, Sean O'Connell and Dominic Bryan. The book will be launched at Belfast City Hall on 24 January. More information.
Black History Month Seminar:
'Africans in Northern Ireland and at Queen's University Belfast'
Wednesday 24 October 2012 at 5pm (Old Staff Common Room, QUB)
Speakers: Elly O. Odhiambo and Eric Morier-Genoud
Wiles Lecturer 2013 announced
The 2013 Wiles Lectures will be given by Prof Robert Gildea (Oxford) on 'Remembering and Repetition in France: defeat, colonialism and resistance since 1940'.
More info here.
Two History Postdocs available
Two History Postdocs at QUB are available, both on the AHRC-funded 'Welfare and Public Health in Belfast and the North of Ireland c.1800-1973' project, directed by Prof. Peter Gray.
(1) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Ref. 12/102110) for 36 months to lead sub-project 'Poverty and public health in Belfast and its hinterland 1898-1973'.
(2) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Ref: 12/102111) for 30 months as research assistant on sub-project 'Whited sepulchres? Poor relief, public health and the decline of the civic ideal: Belfast c.1840-1939', led by Dr Olwen Purdue.
For more information and application details, go to: http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJobVacancies/OtherJobs/ResearchJobs/
Closing: 20 July 2012
International Summer School affiliated to Fulbright
Commenting on the Summer Institute, Michael Scott-Kline, Director of the Fulbright Programme, said:
“We’re delighted that more American students will have the opportunity to experience life at one of the UK’s top universities. The Queen’s University Belfast Summer Institute will offer all that we would hope for in a Fulbright exchange programme: a challenging academic component, a rich and multifaceted cultural experience and an enthusiastic and welcoming host. The Institute will play a key role in deepening the relationship between the US and UK and will add something original and exciting to our 63-year old institution.”
Details regarding the Summer Institute can be found on Fulbright’s website.
For information about applying directly to the Irish Studies summer schoo, please visit the Institute of Irish Studies Summer School Web pages.
Contacts:
Michael Scott-Kline
Director, Fulbright Awards Programme
0207 498 4014 or 077 0807 1970
*Top Ten*: Guardian League Table for Anthropology 2014
Recent results show that Anthropology at Queen’s University is in the top ten UK departments according to the Guardian League Table for 2014.
The table further highlights that Anthropology at Queen’s has the highest percentage score of all UK universities for students satisfied with feedback in UK Anthropology degrees.
See:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/table/2013/jun/04/university-guide-anthropology
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