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Humanities news

Discover Sky Plough, a poem by Dr Charles Bennett

Today, 21 March, is UNESCO’s World Poetry Day. To celebrate, Dr Charles Bennett, shares a…

21 March 2019

BLOG: Remembering Northampton’s most celebrated female politician

Friday 8 March is International Women’s Day and it is therefore a fitting occasion to…

8 March 2019

Blog: What can fairy tales teach us about society?

To celebrate National Tell a Fairy tale Day, PhD student Alicia de Barry, from the…

26 February 2019

Blog: ‘Straight to the Front Row: Investigating Contemporary Western Gay Male Cinema’

‘Straight to the Front Row: Investigating Contemporary Western Gay Male Cinema’ was hosted this past…

19 February 2019

Blog: Perspectives of Holocaust Memorial Day

Dr Paul Jackson, Senior Lecturer in History and expert in far-right extremism at the University…

22 January 2019

New Head of the Graduate School appointed

The University of Northampton is pleased to announce Professor Matthew McCormack will take the helm…

6 December 2018

Faculty of Education and Humanities project puts research ethics under the spotlight

A new research project, lead by Dr Dave Burnapp, Senior Lecturer in English & Creative…

5 December 2018

Public lectures lift the lid on Northampton’s leather heritage

This week, the University of Northampton co-hosted a series of public history events at the…

22 November 2018

A bewitching day at university for pupils from a Coventry school

From stake burnings to spiritualism, fact, fiction, and popular culture is full of references to…

15 November 2018