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Professor Jonathan Rayner shortlisted for Maritime Media 2025 Best Book Award

Professor Jonathan Rayner, from the School of English, has been shortlisted for the Maritime Media 2025 Best Book Award for his open access monograph Screening the Fleet: The Representation of the Royal Navy in Film and Television since 1945.
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Prof. Mary Vincent joins Yanis Varoufakis to discuss Greece’s civil war

The University of Sheffield's Mary Vincent joins Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis and fellow historian Paul Cartledge to discuss the impact of civil war on families and nations.

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Sheffield leading the way in Early Career Researcher Network for the Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences

The British Academy has launched their new Early Career Researcher Network cluster in Yorkshire and the Humber.
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Historian Sarah Frank awarded the prestigious UKRI Future Leader Fellowship

Sarah Frank, Lecturer in the History of the Francophone World at the University of Sheffield, is one of seventy-seven talented early-career researchers who have been awarded the prestigious Future Leader Fellowship.

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The Ukrainian language classes helping Britons talk to refugees

Many Ukrainian refugees who have fled to the UK are living with British families who do not speak their native tongue. The University has launched a new language course aimed at helping hosts and guests communicate. The BBC went along to a lesson.

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Faculty of Arts and Humanities ranked amongst world’s best in global subject rankings

The Faculty has been ranked 78th in the world in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 in new rankings published today (22 March 2023), which marks a rise of 28 places from last year.
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Major funding set to transform Morecambe Winter Gardens and widen access to arts for young people

A seaside theatre that was once known as the Albert Hall of the north is set for a remarkable restoration, thanks to major new funding secured with the help of Professor Vanessa Toulmin, Professor of Entertainment History in Arts and Humanities.
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Jazz Camp for Girls 2023

On Saturday 25th of February, the Department of Music was delighted to host its first “Jazz Camp For Girls”.
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Women of Steel sculpture by Martin Jennings, outside Sheffield City Hall, Barkers Pool

Women's History Month 2023

Women’s History Month is an opportunity to celebrate women's achievements. The Faculty of Arts and Humanities have a month-long campaign showcasing the important work that colleagues and students are doing to recover women's voices and experiences.