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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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PhD Collaborative Doctoral Awards

Dr Kate Davidson and Dr Emily Baughan win WRoCAH Collaborative Doctoral Awards.
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HSTSOC Presents: Podpast

The first episode of a brand new podcast from the History Society has landed.
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Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock honored with Voltaire Lecture Medal as book garners acclaims

World-leading historian Aztec historian Caroline Dodds Pennock awarded Voltaire Lecture Medal.
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Business Leader Talks 2023

Digital technology, new media and AI for storytelling, fashion, dance, music, theatre, gaming, creativity and interactive entertainment - the DHI Business Leader Talks are back.
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Winners of School Essay Prize Competition Announced

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2020 Philosophy essay prize. The competition is open to school years 10, 11 and 12 and is run annually by the Department of Philosophy.