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Southampton DH is back!

I mean, it never went away. There has been loads of great work going on since 2015. But this Autumn a new phase of Southampton Digital Humanities has launched: James Baker has arrived as Director of Digital Humanities, we’ve opened our new Digital Humanities Hub, and we’ve filled in with kit (thanks AHRC!). And we’ll soon have a new website. So watch this space. And then that space (because we’ll be archiving this space). Continue reading →

Windrush 3: Home in a Hostile Environment

The third in a series of three illustrated podcasts about the history of the Windrush migrants – about how Britain became home, and about how it has often also been a hostile environment in which to live and bring up … Continue reading... Continue reading →

Windrush 2: Arrival and Work

The second in a series of three illustrated podcasts about the history of the Windrush migrants – arriving in the imperial ‘mother country’ from British colonies in the Caribbean and looking for work. Continue reading →

Windrush 1: British Islands

The first in a series of three illustrated podcasts about Caribbean migration to Britain after the Windrush – looking at the deep historic connection between the British Isles and the Caribbean, a connection older than Britain itself. Continue reading →

Why Humanity Needs Humanities…

A short (2min) video about why Humanities research and education are important: It is a cut-down version of the longer talk that featured in this post and a sort of rough draft of a more polished video that I’m currently … Continue reading... Continue reading →

Teaching Mandela

During the early weeks of the pandemic at the University of Southampton, as our teaching went online and we planned for the possible effects of the health crisis, the History department made sure all of its modules were taught by … Continue reading... Continue reading →

The Plantation

A short introduction to the institution at the centre of the Atlantic slave system. Continue reading →

Atlantic Slavery

An illustrated overview of the Atlantic slave system, by S&R editor, Christer Petley. This was first recorded earlier in the year for the new University of Southampton first-year undergraduate module, Racism and Resistance: Slavery to BLM. Continue reading →

Good Essay Structure

How to structure your work so that you can write better university or college essays. Continue reading →

Bad Essays

How to avoid them. Advice from an experienced marker of essays about how to avoid the most common mistakes made each year by undergraduate students when they sit down to write. Continue reading →