Professor of History Justin Willis explains the ongoing conflict in Sudan, and explores what could happen next.

Congratulations to Rachel E. Johnson, who has just published her book Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Struggle: The Shadow of a Young Woman.

History department is leading one of the three Inventing Futures research programmes funded by a generous alumni donation for the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS).

Chris Bahl's book Mobile Manuscripts. Arabic Learning across the Early Modern Western Indian Ocean has been published by Cambridge University Press.

Harriet Strahl, a PhD student in our History department, has shed new light on the emotional and societal repercussions of the 1120 White Ship disaster.

Benedetta Carnaghi (BA Newton International Fellow) and Helen Roche (Associate Professor in Modern European Cultural History) are organising a conference in the Department of History on ‘Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism: Interdisciplinary Approaches’.

Dr Radha Kapuria’s book has *received a Special Mention* by a book award that recognises non-fiction work on the history of India.

Thanks to a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Associate Professor Alex Barber will create awareness around an undercelebrated month.

On 27 and 28 November, former British diplomat Ian Proud, who served in Thailand, Afghanistan and Russia, held a variety of events for students from Durham University's History Department and School of Modern Languages and Cultures.

Huge congratulations to Prof. Philip Williamson and Prof. Natalie Mears on the advance publication of their article 'The Creation of State Anniversaries: James VI and I and the Politics of Thanksgiving'.

In May 2024, the Durham History Department hosted a workshop on ‘Asian Connections: Flows of People, Medicines, Ideas, and Practices’.

After Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris said her Republican opponent Donald Trump was a Fascist, Dr Benedetta Carnaghi, from our Department of History, explores whether the former President meets the definition.