Nautical chic by Amber Jane Butchart Amber Jane Butchart dropped by a few weeks ago, as part of the University public lecture series, and talked about her new book to a packed lecture theatre in Eldon Building. She was very…
Tag: history
Introducing: Historical Abstracts
Are you interested in the historical development of your subject? Now Historical Abstracts available directly through the Discovery Service, allows you to explore the world’s leading source of journal articles on all aspects of world history from 1450 onwards from more than 1,800 academic journals…
King of Portsmouth: an engaging exhibition
You may remember back in January I blogged about the devastating effect of the Blitz on Portsmouth which took place 75 years ago. Some of the most evocative artistic images of this period, which retain all their power and emotion today,…
University of Portsmouth: Our History exhibition
The history of the University of Portsmouth stretches back to 1869. A display telling the story of the various institutions which became our current university is now on show at the Portsmouth History Centre until mid-May. The display is a joint project between Portsmouth…
Creative Arts Book of the Week 14/03/16
Gilbert and Sullivan: gender, genre, parody by Carolyn Williams A couple of weeks ago I saw UPDMS perform Ruddygore (or The Witch’s Curse) at the Theatre Royal in Portsmouth. It was a trip down memory lane for me. Thirty years…
International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate the accomplishments of women throughout history and reflect on the ongoing systematic social marginalisation that has undervalued them and deprived humanity of so much of its ingenuity and genius – an ongoing problem as…
Celebrate Women’s History Month
Celebrate Women’s History Month with women’s writings and video collections about women in history courtesy of Alexander Street Press.
Celebrating Women’s History Month
We are delighted to present two Women’s History resource collections kindly made available by Alexander Street Press to celebrate Women’s History Month this March (until 31 March), British and Irish Women’s Letters and Diaries Second Edition and Women and Social Movements, International, as well as the Women’s…
Exploring queer cultures and lifestyles in the creative arts in Britain c1885-1967
The academic study of queer culture and lifestyles has become a popular field of study in several degree courses. We have a broad range of books about this subject in the University Library. For anyone who is interested I came…
Explore LGBT history
Discover what LGBT people has achieved despite historic discrimination. Check out our new LGBT History book display near the Library Café and the display on LGBT biographies on the display case in Area 2B on the second floor. Don’t miss the opportunity to watch the…
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