This talks discusses how pilgrimage differs from other forms of travel and why does it remain popular today.
Pilgrimage and Encounters with the Holy

This talks discusses how pilgrimage differs from other forms of travel and why does it remain popular today.
A talk on Modernist architecture, sculpture, and new towns in the UK during the 20th century
Prashant Kidambi talks about the ‘Indian’ cricket team’s debut in imperial Britain in 1911 and how the idea of India was fashioned on the cricket pitch.
Is knowledge power? Professor John Holford reflects on the impact of Nottingham University’s adult education department and what it contributed to the city and the surrounding area.
This talk will look at German and Austrian civilian internees on the Isle of Man during the First World War. How did they cope with ‘living with the wire’ for anything up to 5 years in captivity?
This talk will look at German and Austrian civilian internees on the Isle of Man during the First World War. How did they cope with ‘living with the wire’ for anything up to 5 years in captivity?
A talk on a more positive aspect of the wartime experience for prisoners of war who had already been through the hell of battle, wounding and incarceration – humanitarian internment in neutral Switzerland.
An examination of tomb types in different communities along the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Seas and in the Apennines. What can this category of evidence tell us about identities and a sense of belonging to different social and political networks?
Compared to other academic disciplines, History gets a lot of prime time TV and radio time. It’s consistently popular, but what are the effects of the compromises needed to keep the viewers and listeners happy? This talk will give you an opportunity discuss how history has been broadcast.
The Vaughan Tradition is an event to gather stories, pictures and memories from those who worked or studied at Vaughan College.