The Manchester Historian

13/01/2023

The Aba Women’s Rebellion in 1929, also known as the Women’s War, marked a significant development in anti-colonial resistance achieved by women in Nigeria. Following a period of restriction upon w…

13/01/2023

At the dawn of Stalin’s rule, the Soviet state envisaged a new, unwaveringly socialist Central Asia. The Uzbekistan Communist Party declared a hujum (assault) in Central Asia that attacked Muslim w…

13/01/2023

For almost 40 years, throughout the Franco dictatorship, the Sección Femenina was the organisation in charge of controlling Spanish women. Every aspect of women’s lives were politicised in order to…

13/01/2023

On the night of January 14, 1887, in Washington DC, the drag queen was born, or at least the concept of the drag queen was revealed to the American public. Prior to this date, her Majesty William D…

04/01/2023

From Hussein Dey’s surrender on the 5th of July 1830 until its independence in 1962, Algeria belonged to the French Empire. Though the main recognised constituents of its war of independence were i…

04/01/2023

Euripides’ writing style is modern in its presentation of women as an integral part of society. Yet in spite of this modernity regarding gender, the women in Bacchae are still constrained to their …

26/10/2022

Hi everyone! 👋

We have released the prompts list for our first issue of the academic year, 'Gender & Identity'.

Follow the link below to see the list of article suggestions, and email [email protected] to reserve or suggest a title! The deadline for reserving article titles is 11pm, Friday 4th November.

We look forward to hearing from you! 😊

Prompts:

Issue 41 – Gender and Identity In Britain, the women’s liberation movement brought women’s history from the margins into the mainstream of historical thinking, seeking to trace both inequalit…

04/07/2022

Fancy being on the Manchester Historian team 2022/23? We’d love to hear from you! 😃

Role descriptions: https://docs.google.com/file/d/1H3S62xZnabAIY37zZ5Vyxwbbp5DRhFoC/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=msword

06/06/2022

Issue 40 is now in print! 👏🏼 you can pick up a copy from the history common room 🥳 thank you to our brilliant team and to our contributors for helping us put our 40th edition together! Happy reading 🐝

30/05/2022

Issue 40: Manchester History Special Edition is now available to read digitally on issu! 🐝 follow the link below to have a read and keep your eyes peeled for the printed edition, which will be out soon 🙌🏼 https://issuu.com/manchesterhistorian/docs/issue_2_online_version

11/05/2022

25/04/2022

The history of the Jewish community in Manchester can be traced back to the 1780s, when a man named Jacob Nathan became the first known Jewish resident in the city. At this time, there were no syna…

25/04/2022

With the amount of recognition, promotion and publicity today’s feminist movement receives worldwide, it is important to reflect that the gruelling fight for female suffrage took place not so long …

22/04/2022

The S*x Pistols’ gig at Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall in June 1976 was recently voted one of the most influential gigs of all time. Seen as a critical moment in the emergence of the British p…

22/04/2022

Another article from Issue 40! Head over to our website to read more pieces from our upcoming edition 👏

Over the past year, I have taken a particular interest in the North Manchester slums as my own family lived there until the end of WW2. They survived on what little money my Great Grandfather and h…

19/04/2022

On the 10th September 2009, the British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, issued an apology to Alan Turing, culminating with the words “we’re sorry, you deserved so much better”. This apology came over…

19/04/2022

The BLM movement illuminated the symbolic and emotional power attached to who and what councils and communities choose to exalt in civic space. In March 2021, Manchester Council conducted public co…

19/04/2022

Greater Manchester hosts a variety of museums seeking to display Manchester’s extensive and diverse history. With the lifting of COVID restrictions, many of Manchester’s museums have sought to take…

10/04/2022

Here is the first article from our upcoming issue on Manchester history! 🐝 Keep an eye on our website as we post more articles over Easter 👏🏼

Tucked away behind the multi-storey car park of Manchester Royal Infirmary lies the birth of the Suffragette movement: the Pankhurst Centre. Once the home of radical feminist pioneers, the Pankhurs…

13/03/2022

🖊 WRITERS WANTED! 🖊

The Manchester Historian is looking for writers for its next edition! To celebrate 40 issues of the magazine we are dedicating this issue entirely to Manchester history 🐝

Please see the prompts list below for a list of article suggestions and more details - we accept articles from all UoM students no matter what level or discipline. We also welcome articles that are not from the prompts list.

The deadline for reserving topics is 6pm on Monday 20th March, and the deadline for submitting final articles is 6pm on Monday 28th March. Email [email protected] if you have any questions - week look forward to hearing from you! 😊

Issue 40 - Manchester History Special Edition 🐝 To celebrate 40 issues of the Manchester Historian, we are dedicating our next edition entirely to the history of Manchester! We want to showcase, celebrate and critique our city’s rich history, be it from a social, cultural, political or economi....

11/03/2022

Issue 39 is now available to read digitally on issuu! 🗞 follow the link to check it out 👏🏼

https://issuu.com/manchesterhistorian/docs/issue_1_online_version/28

10/02/2022

So pleased to announce that our 39th issue, ‘Commemoration and Remembrance’ has been printed! 🥳 thank you to everyone who wrote for this edition and to the whole Manchester Historian team for helping put this collection of articles together. 🙌🏼

You can pick up a copy from the history common room (Samuel Alexander building) and all articles are also available to read digitally on our website. We’ll be starting work on issue 40 soon - in the meantime, happy reading! 📰👏🏼

25/12/2021

🎄🎄🎄 Merry Christmas from the Manchester Historian team! 🎄🎄🎄

23/12/2021

Upon visiting Phong Nah-Ke Bang – a national park located in the middle of the Annamite Mountains in Vietnam – I was stunned to observe that exploration was not advised without a map ma…

16/12/2021

The editorial team at our student publication The Manchester Historian have been working hard crafting the latest issue of their mag and a brand new podcast!🎙️

Listen to the first 4 episodes on SoundCloud or Apple Podcasts now👇
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University of Manchester History Department

16/12/2021

An Imperialist Aggressor or The Truly Great Britain? As the populist left and right separated, conversations about Britain’s history of international involvement became dangerously simplistic…

16/12/2021

10 years on from the Arab Spring, we must look back on what happened and why. The Arab Spring was a pro-democracy uprising that spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). By mid-201…

16/12/2021

The people of Cuba possess a revolutionary spirit, one of passion, selflessness, tenacity, and long-suffering, unlike that of many other nations. As of 2021, it has been 10 years since Fidel Castro…

09/12/2021

In 2001, the infamous terrorist organization, Al-Qaeda, hijacked two passenger planes, using them as weapons to launch an attack on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. Not only did…

09/12/2021

In February 1952, Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne at the youthful age of twenty-five, becoming a historic moment that captured the hearts and minds of the nation. Her reign is bejewelled …

09/12/2021

Friedrich Engels, by virtue of a statue in Deansgate, is ingrained in the heart of the city of Manchester. But how did a German man, who co-wrote the communist manifesto, become a Mancunian icon? W…

09/12/2021

The seventy-four day event which Buenos Aires classed as ‘a war’ and London classed as ‘a conflict’, began on 2nd April 1982. This was when, from the British perspective, Argentine forces invaded t…

09/12/2021

Nowadays, Britain looks on as a plethora of religions, ethnicities and cultures celebrate their traditions in this now-diverse nation. But why is it that we don’t have our own?

09/12/2021

The story of the Battle of Agincourt follows the age-old narrative of the beloved underdog rising against the odds. A legacy of victory and glory would become synonymous with Henry V after this epi…

09/12/2021

In light of this November being Native American History month, it is fitting to reflect upon the unique challenges that writing the history of Indigenous Peoples evokes. It is important to consider…

07/12/2021

Genghis Khan (r. 1206-1227) was one of the prominent leaders in world history with the formation of the Mongol Empire. However, many ethnic and national groups have different perceptions of him, th…

07/12/2021

The Islamic holiday of Ashura takes place on the tenth day of Muharram, mourning the death of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad and third Shia Imam who died at the Battle of Karb…

06/12/2021

Babi Yar, a name synonymous with the Holocaust. On the 29th and 30th of September 1941 alone 33,171 Jews were killed by SS Einsatzgruppen death squads, assisted by the Wehrmacht and Ukrainian colla…