Yesterday I gave a talk in possibly the most interesting venue of my career. The Brunel Museum in the east end of London got in touch because they had some buckles in their collection, which belonged to Marc Isambard Brunel (father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel). Northampton Museum had helped to identify the buckles, and the… Continue Reading →
If you have been to a library in Northamptonshire recently, you may have seen some pop-up museum displays! These were created as part of the project ‘Emotions, Gender and Material Culture: Historical Perspectives on Museum Collections’ at the University of Northampton, which was funded by the university. The project brought together historians, librarians, museum curators… Continue Reading →
As a follow up to my post about medieval horoscopes, here’s another fun exercise I did with students – this time second years taking my module Medieval Chivalry and its Afterlives. South Dakota parhelion. Photo Credit: Rick Bohn / USFWS We discussed how kings and nobles often took advice from astrologers about when to wage… Continue Reading →
Matthew McCormack from History at UON has published a book on Georgian shoes. Shoes and the Georgian Man is published by Bloomsbury. It is a full-colour book with around 80 illustrations, including images of many of the shoes that Matthew studied during his research. The book is available in paperback, hardback and ebook formats via… Continue Reading →
Pisces and Diagram for Friday (left) and Libra and Taurus (right) in an Astronomical Miscellany, shortly after 1464, German. Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig XII 8 (83.MO.137), fols. 56v-57 As an (elder) Millennial, my generation loves a horoscope – while the generation that followed us, Gen Z, are markedly more sceptical about astrology. Most of my… Continue Reading →
Students on the steps at the British Museum Last week as part of our Welcome Week activities at the University of Northampton, we ran a free trip to the British Museum. A lot of our new students joined us, along with a few returning students who fancied a day out in London! Given this involved… Continue Reading →
[No spoilers!] I’m a big fan of the Alien film series. I have been hooked every since watching Alien 3 in the cinema as a teenager, and the original 1979 film is one of my all-time favourites. So I was excited to see Alien: Romulus, which is currently on general release. After several disappointing sequels… Continue Reading →
The Northampton branch of the Historical Association is run by the University of Northampton, and this year we are joining forces with the Leicester branch to provide a combined programme. The joint talks will be online but we are also keen to hear from local schools who would like to host an event. All talks… Continue Reading →
Matthew McCormack from History has co-edited a new book on new approaches to teaching the subject. Co-edited with Ruth Larsen (Derby) and Alice Marples (British Library), Innovations in Teaching History: Eighteenth-Century Studies in Higher Education is now out with University of London Press. The book contains seven chapters, which provide case studies for how to… Continue Reading →
We’re very excited to be hosting TWO workshops on the theme of politicised nostalgias this July! My initial call for papers generated so much interest that, in addition to our in person conference on 5 July, a week later we have an online workshop. The in person workshop is open to speakers only, as it’s… Continue Reading →
April 12, 2025
Blog – HISTORY AT NORTHAMPTON
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Yesterday I gave a talk in possibly the most interesting venue of my career. The Brunel Museum in the east end of London got in touch because they had some buckles in their collection, which belonged to Marc Isambard Brunel (father of Isambard Kingdom Brunel). Northampton Museum had helped to identify the buckles, and the… Continue Reading →
If you have been to a library in Northamptonshire recently, you may have seen some pop-up museum displays! These were created as part of the project ‘Emotions, Gender and Material Culture: Historical Perspectives on Museum Collections’ at the University of Northampton, which was funded by the university. The project brought together historians, librarians, museum curators… Continue Reading →
As a follow up to my post about medieval horoscopes, here’s another fun exercise I did with students – this time second years taking my module Medieval Chivalry and its Afterlives. South Dakota parhelion. Photo Credit: Rick Bohn / USFWS We discussed how kings and nobles often took advice from astrologers about when to wage… Continue Reading →
Matthew McCormack from History at UON has published a book on Georgian shoes. Shoes and the Georgian Man is published by Bloomsbury. It is a full-colour book with around 80 illustrations, including images of many of the shoes that Matthew studied during his research. The book is available in paperback, hardback and ebook formats via… Continue Reading →
Pisces and Diagram for Friday (left) and Libra and Taurus (right) in an Astronomical Miscellany, shortly after 1464, German. Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig XII 8 (83.MO.137), fols. 56v-57 As an (elder) Millennial, my generation loves a horoscope – while the generation that followed us, Gen Z, are markedly more sceptical about astrology. Most of my… Continue Reading →
Students on the steps at the British Museum Last week as part of our Welcome Week activities at the University of Northampton, we ran a free trip to the British Museum. A lot of our new students joined us, along with a few returning students who fancied a day out in London! Given this involved… Continue Reading →
[No spoilers!] I’m a big fan of the Alien film series. I have been hooked every since watching Alien 3 in the cinema as a teenager, and the original 1979 film is one of my all-time favourites. So I was excited to see Alien: Romulus, which is currently on general release. After several disappointing sequels… Continue Reading →
The Northampton branch of the Historical Association is run by the University of Northampton, and this year we are joining forces with the Leicester branch to provide a combined programme. The joint talks will be online but we are also keen to hear from local schools who would like to host an event. All talks… Continue Reading →
Matthew McCormack from History has co-edited a new book on new approaches to teaching the subject. Co-edited with Ruth Larsen (Derby) and Alice Marples (British Library), Innovations in Teaching History: Eighteenth-Century Studies in Higher Education is now out with University of London Press. The book contains seven chapters, which provide case studies for how to… Continue Reading →
We’re very excited to be hosting TWO workshops on the theme of politicised nostalgias this July! My initial call for papers generated so much interest that, in addition to our in person conference on 5 July, a week later we have an online workshop. The in person workshop is open to speakers only, as it’s… Continue Reading →