Where the shadows lie: The Gothic in early-mid and late nineteenth-century London.
“Nilay’s dissertation demonstrated an excellent breadth of reading and a confident grasp of the historical and social issues. It made great use of the Gothic as a cultural lens, using it to explore the changing nature of urban anxieties in Victorian London. Based upon an impressive range of primary evidence, Nilay developed a compelling argument […]
Concepts of utopia and dystopia in nineteenth-century Europe.
Neil Bertram, James Mayer and Liam Pietrasik, third year history students at the University of Portsmouth, wrote the following blog entry on the ways in which science and technology combined between the years of 1880 and 1914 to foster fears of a dystopian society, along with creating dreams of a utopian future. Their research was […]
#Outreach: A case study of the Portsmouth History Centre’s Outreach.
“Nicola’s dissertation was a fantastic piece of original and innovative research. Drawing on a wide base of archival and museums literature, Nicola’s dissertation shone a light on the outreach initiatives of local authority archives (an area which has not received a great deal of attention in comparison to community archives) and used the Portsmouth History […]
Personal Experiences of D-Day: Told through the words of the veterans by Jessica Harper and Katy Hodges
Jessica Harper and Katy Hodges, third year history students at the University of Portsmouth, wrote the following blog entry on the research they conducted as part of a final year group research project. Along with fellow final year students Hannah Coulouras and Phillip Gerrish, Jessica and Katy looked into veterans’ experiences of D-Day in June […]
Portsmouth Poetry: “The Angels Cry”: A performance in remembrance of the Battle of Passchendaele
Tuesday 20 June 2017 – 8:00 pm, Portsmouth Cathedral A specially commissioned performance inspired by the works of Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and other WW1 poets, in The Cathedral on June 20th which will present the human cost of Passchendaele through words, music and images. The performance is supported by the New Theatre Royal and […]
Portsmouth Poetry: Remembering Passchendaele
Local cultural organisation ‘Portsmouth Poetry’ has been awarded a grant of £10,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund for a project “I Died In Hell” which will commemorate the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele, 1917. The project will focus on telling the story of Portsmouth people who participated in one of the worst conflicts of […]