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University of Sheffield Philosophy PhD ranked in global top 10 for quality and climate

Professor Julie Gottlieb, keynote at the SHP Summer Conference, July 2025
Professor Julie Gottlieb, keynote at the SHP Summer Conference, July 2025

From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: Julie Gottlieb on the Politics of the ‘War of Nerves'

"Keep Calm and Carry On: that’s not how people felt as the second world war loomed. But maybe, as Trump stalks, that old slogan is finally making sense". Gaby Hinsliff draws on Julie Gottlieb's work on the Munich Crisis.

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Image of the Curtiss Export Hawk II, Polish Aviation Museum in Kraków - Author: Daniel Delimata. This image has been overlayed onto a photograph of Fore Street, viewed from Corporation Street (1963) - Author: John Ball

The Birmingham neo-Nazi who became ‘World Führer’

Kevin Harris, a History PhD student, delves into the lesser-known far-right figure, Colin Jordan - the Black Country-born politician responsible for the revival of neo-Nazism in Britain after World War Two.

Published by Birmingham Dispatch
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Meet our new Philosophy Lecturers

We are delighted to be welcoming CM Lim, Lecturer in Political Philosophy, and Lea Cantor, Lecturer in History of Philosophy, to the department.
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My Years as a Philosophy PhD Student - Part One

From flats, to learning, volunteering and making friends, George reminisces on his first year as a PhD student at Sheffield.
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Meet George - a PhD student

George tells us about his area of research and how he spends his time as a postgraduate student in Sheffield.
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2024 Gender and History Lecture Keynote

Don't miss Teri Chettiar's "Making Better Relationships: Rethinking Marital Conflict and Interpersonal Abuse in Late 20th Century Britain". Register now!
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Celebrate the distinguished career of Emeritus Professor Bob Stern with us

We will be celebrating Emeritus Professor Bob Stern's distinguished philosophical career at a one day conference on Friday the 15th of March 2024.