Say my name right
Say my Name Right is a shareable resource developed by Dr Hannah Deakin-Smith and Dr Jane Pilcher of Nottingham Trent University. It draws on findings from the Say My Name research project funded by the British Academy which explored the impact on students of staff avoiding saying their name or mispronouncing it. It emphasizes how important it is for staff to learn how to […]
Black History in 100 Objects
Oxfam GB | Black History in 100 Objects Oxfam is crowdsourcing a collection of 100 objects that express everyday Black history in the UK. These include statues, books, buildings and household object. See the contributions and add your own.
extraORDINARY women NI
A site supported by Linen Hall Library which celebrates the strengths, lives and achievements of Northern Irish women from 1965 to the present day. It includes a digital archives of films, images and text resources, blog posts and a resource section with contextual articles, books and teaching resources. Covers all areas of politics as well […]
The Giant Bible of Mainz
The Giant Bible of Mainz Digitized by the Library of Congress Famous for being one of the last handwritten by a scribe in 1450s. The Library of Congress has now created a digital version. It has marvellous illustrations on some of the 493 pages.
Early Modern Manuscripts from National Library of Scotland
An addition to the online digital collection. Over 240 rare medieval and early modern manuscripts are now available from the early manuscripts website. A treasure is the ‘Borthwick Girdle Book‘ a 15th-century astronomical and medical almanac that could be placed on a belt when folded up so was very portable . There are also, stunning […]
Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Selected Writings
A University of Edinburgh CDCS and genderEd online book-launch event held in September 2022. In Conversation with Professor Fiona Mackay (University of Edinburgh, School of Political Science), Professor Melissa Terras (Edinburgh College of Art) and Elizabeth Crawford (independent Suffrage Historian) discuss the content and making of their new edited collection: Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Selected Writings (UCL Press, 2022). The event discusses […]
Black History Month
Essential Guide to Black British History A handy guide produced by BBC History Extra magazine which is designed to interest the general reader. It has a timeline, suggestions for reading and articles with interviews and biographies. Historical Association Black History Month features free access during October to its major lecture recordings, articles and podcasts covering […]
League of Nations Archives
The massive project to digitise the entire League of Nations Archives is now complete. Digitisations are now available when you search the UN Archives catalogue https://archives.ungeneva.org/lontad This is a great free resource for global history and the study of international relations in the 20th century.
Liberating Histories
Liberating Histories A new project based at Northumbria University and partnered with the Women’s Library at the LSE which explores feminist magazines from the beginning of the Women’s Liberation Movement in 1968 to the present day. It will be developing class resources for teachers and linking to digital archives. It is also aiming to develop […]
Race & … in America
Thirteen volumes from the Brown library. Each in the series includes: a recording of a 90-minute panel discussion that took place throughout the 2021-2022 academic year Student Voices podcast episodes in which Brown University students engage the panelists in follow-up discussions recommendations for entry-point materials on the subject multimedia resource collections of readings, online exhibitions, […]
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