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Birkbeck academic Professor Esther Leslie who has been elected to Fellowship

British Academy elects Birkbeck academics to Fellowship

Three Birkbeck academics recognised for their achievements in the humanities and social sciences.
Birkbeck's Joanna Bourke who has been appointed Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College

Professor Joanna Bourke appointed 49th Gresham Professor of Rhetoric

Professor Bourke’s free lecture series, 'Exploring the Body', will examine the changing social, cultural, and political meanings given to the material body and reveal unexpected insights into what it means to be human.
West Indian immigrants arriving at Victoria Station, London

Refugees, Newcomers, Citizens

New exhibition celebrates stories of migration from Picture Post 1938-1956
Professor Richard J Evans and Baroness Joan Bakewell

Life through Hobsbawm's lens

Baroness Joan Bakewell and Professor Sir Richard J Evans discussed the ideas of Eric Hobsbawm and today’s burning issues in conversation at Birkbeck.

Dr Esther Breithoff who will join Birkbeck under its prestigious Fellowship scheme

Contemporary archaeologist and historian to join Birkbeck under prestigious Fellowship scheme

Drs Breithoff and Marks will work on the contemporary archaeology of conflict, and the history of mind and medicine.
People admiring exhibits in a museum

Discover the Past

Public events exploring history, classics and archaeology come to Birkbeck.
Professor Vanessa Harding, Aaron Columbus and Peter Estlin (Lord Mayor of the City of London)

Birkbeck PhD student wins London History Prize

Aaron Columbus won the 2018 Curriers’ Company London History Essay Prize for his research into the plague-endemic experience of a suburban London parish.

Dr Clare Makepiece Obituary

New PhD Studentship opportunities

The Department of History, Classics and Archaeology is pleased to announce the availability of two fully-funded doctoral studentships.

Eric Hobsbawm Postgraduate Scholarships

We are pleased to announce the sixth year of Eric Hobsbawm Postgraduate Scholarships, named in memory of one of the greatest historians of the last century.
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