Medieval History
What constitutes ?Britishness? is turning out to be more complicated than many people previously believed. An innovative multidisciplinary research programme led by the University of Leicester is set to investigate its many dimensions and components.
The University is to receive a £1.37 million Research Programme Award granted by the Leverhulme Trust, over five years, to carry out a major study on The Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain: Evidence, Memories, Inventions. This wide-ranging project will investigate the impact of the movement of people in the distant past on the cultural, linguistic and population history of the British Isles. It will also examine the influence of ancient diasporas ? remembered or suppressed, perhaps exaggerated or even invented ? on the construction of British identities, past and present.
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- Medieval Arabic Manuscripts, East India Company Papers, To Go Online
The British Library and Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development have unveiled an ambitious partnership to transform people?s understanding of the history of the Middle East, and the region?s relationship with Britain and the...
- Roots Of The British, 1000 Bc ? Ad 1000
Historians, archaeologists, linguists, geneticists and IT experts at the University of Leicester are collaborating in new ways to provide a clearer picture of the population history of Britain. There have been many different interpretations of the roots...
- Brownlie, Memory And Myths Of The Norman Conquest, Published
We are happy to announce the following recent publication in Boydell & Brewer's Medievalism series (Karl Fugelso and Chris Jones, gen. eds.): Memory and Myths of the Norman Conquest, by Siobhan Brownlie. The...
- Language, Texts, And Gender In The Viking Diaspora Viking Identities Network Iv
Call for Papers Language, Texts, and Gender in the Viking Diaspora Viking Identities Network IV 30-31 March 2009 University of Leicester The Viking Age is traditionally seen as the aggressive, militaristic expansion of a Scandinavian seafaring and warrior...
- Phd Positions, Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg
he research group *?Transcultural Studies?,* part of the excellence initiative at the University of Heidelberg, is offering three *PhD positions* within the Junior Research Group entitled ?Trading Diasporas in the Eastern Mediterranean 1200-1600?. The...
Medieval History
The Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain: Evidence, Memories, Inventions
What constitutes ?Britishness? is turning out to be more complicated than many people previously believed. An innovative multidisciplinary research programme led by the University of Leicester is set to investigate its many dimensions and components.
The University is to receive a £1.37 million Research Programme Award granted by the Leverhulme Trust, over five years, to carry out a major study on The Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain: Evidence, Memories, Inventions. This wide-ranging project will investigate the impact of the movement of people in the distant past on the cultural, linguistic and population history of the British Isles. It will also examine the influence of ancient diasporas ? remembered or suppressed, perhaps exaggerated or even invented ? on the construction of British identities, past and present.
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
- Medieval Arabic Manuscripts, East India Company Papers, To Go Online
The British Library and Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development have unveiled an ambitious partnership to transform people?s understanding of the history of the Middle East, and the region?s relationship with Britain and the...
- Roots Of The British, 1000 Bc ? Ad 1000
Historians, archaeologists, linguists, geneticists and IT experts at the University of Leicester are collaborating in new ways to provide a clearer picture of the population history of Britain. There have been many different interpretations of the roots...
- Brownlie, Memory And Myths Of The Norman Conquest, Published
We are happy to announce the following recent publication in Boydell & Brewer's Medievalism series (Karl Fugelso and Chris Jones, gen. eds.): Memory and Myths of the Norman Conquest, by Siobhan Brownlie. The...
- Language, Texts, And Gender In The Viking Diaspora Viking Identities Network Iv
Call for Papers Language, Texts, and Gender in the Viking Diaspora Viking Identities Network IV 30-31 March 2009 University of Leicester The Viking Age is traditionally seen as the aggressive, militaristic expansion of a Scandinavian seafaring and warrior...
- Phd Positions, Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg
he research group *?Transcultural Studies?,* part of the excellence initiative at the University of Heidelberg, is offering three *PhD positions* within the Junior Research Group entitled ?Trading Diasporas in the Eastern Mediterranean 1200-1600?. The...