Department of History

Research projects - History

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Our staff are involved in a number of research projects across a wide range of areas and specialties covering 500 AD to the present day.

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Ongoing Research Projects

These projects represent our ongoing research initiatives with active funding and faculty engagement.

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Past Research Projects

These completed projects showcase our research history and demonstrate the breadth of our historical expertise.
Past Research Projects
 ProjectPeriod Member of staffRegion 
Ambassador David Bruce, the London Embassy and Diplomatic Practice, 1961-69 Modern John Young UK, USA
British amateur topographical art and landscape in North West Italy 1835-1915 Modern Ross Balzaretti Italy
British travellers in Liguria Modern Ross Balzaretti Italy
Centre for Hidden Histories – World War One Engagement Centre Modern John BeckettMichael Noble UK, Europe
China Ports Contemporary Jeremy Taylor UK
Cinema and medicine in Early Soviet Russia Modern Anna Toropova Russia
Coal and steelworkers study group Modern Jörg Arnold UK
Coal Mining in Nottinghamshire Modern David Amos UK
Collaboration with the Workhouse at Southwell Modern Sarah Badcock UK
Condemnation of Heretical Texts in the Late Middle Ages Medieval Justine Trombley UK, Europe
Cultures of the Chinese Cold War in British Southeast Asia Contemporary Jeremy Taylor UK
 The Culture of Loyalty in Fifteenth-Century England Medieval, Early modern Matthew Ward UK 
Cultures of Occupation in 20th Century Asia (COTCA) Contemporary Jeremy Taylor UK
Curating Online Resources for Engagement and Learning (COREL) project Medieval, Early modern, Modern, Contemporary Nick Baron UK
Digital Urbanism and Diasporas: walking the cultural heritage of Calcutta's riverfront Modern Michele Clark, Maiken Umbach UK, India
Earls and Transnational Kingship in the Medieval Plantagenet Empire, c.1300-1399 Medieval Matt Raven Britain, Ireland
Fighting Fertility: The Politics of Race and Contraception in Apartheid South Africa, c.1980-1994 Contemporary Kate Law South Africa
Florence Nightingale Comes Home for 2020 Modern Paul CrawfordAnna Greenwood UK
Grand tourists and others: Travelling abroad before the Twentieth Century Early modern Ross Balzaretti UK
Historicising trauma in colonial and post-colonial contexts Modern Onni Gust UK, India, the Caribbean
History of anti-Apartheid activism in Nottinghamshire Modern Kate Law UK
Inherited Soil Surveys, Transdisciplinary Approches in Zambia (InSTAnZa) Modern Murray LarkAnna Greenwood UK, Zambia
John Player’s Advertising Archive Knowledge Transfer Partnership Modern Elizabeth Harvey,
Chris Wrigley
UK
Making women work: gender, race and labour in Nazi-occupied Europe Modern Elizabeth Harvey Germany, Europe
Mapping the Soviet: Cartography, Culture and Power from Lenin to Stalin, 1917-1953 Modern Nick Baron Russia
Merchants and managers, sojourners and slaves Early modern Sheryllynne Haggerty UK, Europe
Motor Cities: Automobility and the Urban Environment in Birmingham, England, and Nagoya, Japan, c.1955–1973 Modern Susan Townsend UK, Japan
Nottingham Castle project Modern Richard Gaunt UK
Nottingham Universities and Historical Slavery (NUHS) Early modern and Modern Sarah Badock, Onni Gust UK
Obscene Reading in Britain and France c.1900-1960 Contemporary Harry Cocks UK, France
The Orthodox Nun, 1600–1800 Early modern Liudmyla Sharipova N/A
Petitions from Lincolnshire Medieval Gwilym Dodd UK
Photography as Political Practice in National Socialism Modern Maiken UmbachElizabeth Harvey Germany
Press and Politics in West Germany: The papers of Marion Countess Dönhoff, 1946–2002 Modern Elizabeth Harvey,
John Young
Germany
"The Public Opinion of the World": transnational citizen activism and diplomacy, 1890-1920 Modern Daniel Hucker Europe, UK, USA
The Raleigh Project Modern Philip Riden UK
Refugees in post-1945 Europe: Experiences in and beyond the DP camp Contemporary Nick Baron Eastern Europe
Remaking Fear City: The Crisis of Crime and the Transformation of New York City, 1965-1985 Modern Joe Merton USA
The Social World of Nottingham's Historic Green Spaces: follow-on for impact and engagement project Modern John Beckett UK
Southwell and Nottingham church history Various

John Beckett, Chris Brooke

UK
Theories, Ideologies, and Politics of Spatial Planning in Russia and Germany, 1890s to 1945 Modern Nick Baron Europe
The United States, Great Britain, and Intermestic Politics, 1977-85 Modern Aaron Donaghy US, UK
The Victoria County History Modern John Beckett, Philip Riden UK
Understanding and Improving Public Engagement with Holocaust Photography Modern Maiken Umbach
Elizabeth Harvey
Germany
Welfare, Conflict and Memory during and after the English Civil Wars 1642-1700 Early modern David Appleby UK
Writing our History, Digging our Past - a Connected Communities Project Medieval, Early modern, Modern  Various  UK

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These research projects represent work by our current faculty members, emeritus professors, and former colleagues who have contributed to the Department of History's research portfolio.

For more information about specific projects, please contact the relevant faculty members directly.

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