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Chris Hookway (1949-2024)

We are very sad to share the news that Chris Hookway, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Sheffield University, passed away on 21st October 2024.
An old newspaper clipping with illustrations called 'A proper new Ballad, intituled, The wandring Prince of Troy'

Prestigious Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History, awarded to the 100 ballads website.

The Digital Humanities Institute has won another award!
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Robert Stern (1962-2024)

We are very sorry to share the news that Bob Stern, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield, died on 21st August 2024.

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Decolonising Museum Collections

PhD students at the universities of Sheffield, Leeds and York came together to put on a highly successful event, Showcase: Decolonising Museum Collections, at Kelham Island Museum.
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The Old Bailey Online awarded the 2024 Mary Dudziak Digital Legal History Prize

We are pleased to report that the 2023 update to The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 has been awarded the 2024 Mary Dudziak Digital Legal History Prize by the American Society for Legal History.
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A Nobel Peace Prize for survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Eirini Karamouzi and Luc-Andre Brunet celebrate Nihon Hidankyo who has just been awarded the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.
A screenshot of the website showing a digital map of London in the 18th century with red highlights over certain areas

Locating London's Past

We are pleased to announce the launch of a substantially updated version of Locating London's Past, the website which allows you to map a wide body of digital resources pertaining to early modern and eighteenth-century London onto John Rocque's 1746.
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My year as a PhD student - Part Two

George reflects on the second year of his PhD - from socialising to teaching and conferences.
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Meet our new philosopher - Hallvard Lillehammer

We had a chat with Hallvard, who will be joining us in January 2025.