History, University of Hull

Job Vacancy at the University of Hull: Lecturer in History At the University of Hull, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity,...

Come join me and my lovely colleagues in @historyathull.bsky.social for three years!
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This weekend we have hosted the 2025 New Researchers in Maritime History Conference in Hull at the History Centre. This event, held annually by the British Commission for Maritime History, attracts new and experienced historians from across the world.
Glorious weather accompanied the conference.

Our lovely campus as viewed from the Larkin Building yesterday morning. Wishing all our students a relaxing Easter vacation.

🗓️Don’t miss Dr Michael Bennett’s lecture on the financing of Barbados’s 17th-c. sugar boom & links to the English Civil War. A deep dive into merchant investment, slavery, & transatlantic ties. #HistoryLecture #Barbados #SlaveryAndCapitalism
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Secrets of Success: the church that served a plantation remains a monument of resistance Amid the site in rural Jamaica that once belonged to a Guardian financier may lie a treasure trove of artefacts that tell the story of Britain’s history of colonisation and enslavement

Success Village, Hanover, Jamaica—key to our Guardian Legacies of Enslavement project—is featured in The Guardian this week. Dr Cassandra Gooptar shares insights on how archaeology connects past to present. #WilberforceInstitute #LegaciesOfEnslavement
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Thanks to Friends of Hull’s Fishing Heritage Centre for excellent insights into life at sea today. Our third year History students valued your insights and displays. #Maritime

Medieval archaeological features found at Howden relief road site Archaeological evaluation confirms features 'of medieval date', states excavation planning document.

Our excellent colleague, Dr Helen Fenwick, responds to the discovery of archaeology near Howden.

Watching @historyathull.bsky.social grad @tracyborman.bsky.social on Inside the Tower of London

Thanks to our amazing colleagues, Dr Brian Lavery and Dr Catherine Wynne, for sharing their University of Hull research on gender with our History students today. Brian spoke about his monograph on the Headscarf Revolutionaries. #Hull #Teamwork #IWD2025