History at Newcastle

05/11/2024

EVENT: Exploring Classical Northumberland with Dr Susanna Phillippo
Date: Sunday 10th November
Location: Corbridge

Join us for the next trip in our series exploring Northumberland’s classical and historical heritage! This time, we’ll be visiting Corbridge Roman town and the charming village of Corbridge.

Departure: 12:35 pm from Stand A, Eldon Square bus station (near Marks & Spencer, not Haymarket). Please arrive by 12:25 pm if possible.
Return: Approximately 5:30 pm to Newcastle.
Cost: Max £4 for transport (students 21 and under with ID pay £2). Entry to the Roman site is free

Corbridge was a vital Roman settlement, predating Hadrian's Wall. It’s rich with history and scenic views, offering:
• Expansive ruins to explore, plus a recently refurbished museum.
• The chance to walk along an original Roman road (the Stanegate).
• Corbridge village: One of the loveliest spots in the Tyne Valley, featuring quaint tea shops and pubs, including one in a historic 14th-century Pele Tower.
• St. Andrew’s Church, which integrates Roman stonework into its design.

We’ll begin our tour with a look around Corbridge’s historic village and church, followed by a scenic riverside walk (about 3/4 mile, weather permitting) to the Roman site and museum. We’ll return via a shorter route to visit a few other historic buildings, and then relax at one of Corbridge’s atmospheric tea shops or pubs, before catching the bus back to Newcastle.

Practicalities:
• Footwear and clothing: Please wear sturdy shoes with good grip for muddy or slippery areas, and dress for the weather. Both the river path and the Roman site can be challenging underfoot, especially after rain.
• Lunch: Please bring a packed lunch to eat on the bus or beforehand
• University Requirement: If you have any medical condition that might affect you on this trip, please inform in advance and bring any necessary medication or supplies.

All are welcome. Feel free to show up on the day, but please email [email protected] in advance if you’re interested.

29/10/2024

EVENT: Exploring Classical and Historical Northumberland with Dr. Susanna Phillippo
Date: Wednesday, 30th October
Location: Cherryburn and Tyne Riverside

Join us for the next in a series of trips that explore Newcastle and the surrounding region through the lens of history and classical antiquity.

Departure: Meet at 12:25pm at Stand B, Newcastle Eldon Square bus station
Return: Approximately 4:30pm (direct bus) or 5:15pm (via a stop at Prudhoe/Ovingham for a café visit).
Cost: The price of your bus journey (£3 for those 21 or under; max £6 for others). Entry to Cherryburn is free.

Cherryburn, typically open only on Thursdays and Fridays, is opening exclusively for us! This 18th-century cottage is the birthplace of Thomas Bewick, the renowned Northumbrian wood engraver and natural history author. Bewick is famed for his illustrations in Aesop’s Fables and his well-known book on British Birds, which even receives a mention in Jane Eyre!

Highlights of the visit include:
o An insight into Bewick's life and work in his childhood home.
o An exhibition showcasing traditional woodcut printing.

Weather permitting, we’ll end with a short riverside walk along one of the Tyne’s scenic trails.

What to bring:
• Bring a packed lunch to eat on the bus or before departure.
• Footwear suitable for walking shoes—the trails can be quite muddy!

Everyone is welcome. Feel free to show up on the day, but please email [email protected] in advance if you’re interested. If you plan to drive, let us know, and we’ll coordinate a meeting point.

10/10/2024

EVENT: Exploring Classical and Historical Northumbria with Dr. Susanna Phillippo
Date: Sunday, 13th October
Location: Whitby Abbey

Join us for the next in a series of trips that explore Newcastle and the surrounding region through the lens of history and classical antiquity.

Departure: Meet at Newcastle Central railway station (by the ticket machine near WHSmith) by 9.15am, for a 9:32 depart
Return: Approximately 7pm
Cost: The price of your train ticket (c£20.20 full price for a day return, c.£13.40 with a railcard), plus any refreshments. Entry to the Abbey site and museum is free.

Whitby Abbey is a dramatic cliff-top medieval abbey with sweeping views of the Yorkshire coast. Whitby and its Abbey play a major role both as setting and inspiration for Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula. It has classical connections, with Roman artefacts on-site, and a gladiator statue in the courtyard

During the visit, we will explore the Abbey, museum and, if time, the historic St Mary’s Church.

Please note:
• Bring lunch; we will be visiting a café later on, but won't have time to stop for our lunch in Whitby.
• The walk up to the Abbey does involve a lot of steps.
• We will be aiming to catch the 15.50 direct train back to Newcastle from Whitby station.

Everyone is welcome, including friends from outside the university. Just turn up on the day, but please email [email protected] in advance if you are interested. If you have a medical condition which might affect you on this trip, please inform us via email in advance, and make sure that you bring with you all necessary medication/medical supplies.

26/09/2024

EVENT: Exploring Classical and Historical Northumbria with Dr Susanna Phillippo
Date: Sunday, 29th September
Location: Arbeia Roman Fort, South Shields

Join us for the first in a series of trips that explore Newcastle and the surrounding region through the lens of history and classical antiquity. Together, we’ll ask: 'What’s Classical about Newcastle and Northumbria?' and uncover the area's rich and vibrant past.

Departure: Meet at Haymarket Metro Station entrance by Halifax (or just inside if raining) at 12:30pm
Return: Approximately 5pm
Cost: The price of a Metro Day Ticket (and any refreshments you may choose to buy)

Arbeia Roman Fort is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, historically significant as a key component of the Roman military presence in Newcastle. The site offers an opportunity to immerse in the world of Roman Britain. Highlights of the visit include:

• Full-scale reconstructions of the fort’s gatehouse, barracks, and the Praetorium
• A museum featuring Roman artefacts, including chain mail and two of the most important tombstones from Roman Britain

Everyone is welcome, including friends from outside the university. Just turn up on the day, but please email [email protected] in advance if you are interested.

29/05/2024

Listen to Newcastle History PhD student, Eleanor Gilchrist, discuss her fascinating research into the history of crochet on the Sew What? Podcast:

A podcast about historic needlework and those who stitched it

22/05/2024

*EVENT* Exploring Classical & Historical Northumbria with Dr Susanna Phillippo.

Sunday 26th May: Jarrow-St. Pauls' church & monastery and the Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel.

Depart: Meet at *Monument Metro station* by the ticket machines at 12.15 to catch the 12.24 Metro to Bede.
Return: c. 17.30
Cost: £6.00 for a Tyne and Wear Day Rover ticket. Everything else is free (except any afternoon refreshments at the excellent café).

Jarrow is home to one of the most significant sites for early British Christian history. Highlights:
- Original Saxon church (685 AD) surviving as the chancel of the present St. Paul's, home to Bede, one of the earliest and most important English historians
- Reconstructed Saxon village, and museum, at Jarrow Hall
- Ruins of Norman monastery
- Fascinating sidelights on Britain's commercial and industrial heritage, in the Tyne Pedestrian and Cycle tunnel, and the story of the Jarrow March.

Everyone welcome, including friends from outside the university. Just turn up on the day, but please do email [email protected] in advance if you are definitely interested.

09/05/2024

🎓We are delighted that two of our colleagues in HCA have been nominated in The Education Awards 2024:

🌟 Dr Philip Garrett - Outstanding Contribution to Academic Support
🌟 Dr Sally Waite - Outstanding Contribution to Personal Support

Wishing the very best of luck to all the nominees!

You can see the full awards shortlist here: https://nusu.co.uk/student-voice/teas/categories

08/05/2024

*EVENT* Exploring Classical & Historical Northumbria with Dr Susanna Phillippo.
Sunday 12th May: Carlisle Town, Museum and Castle

Schedule:
Meet at Eldon Sq bus station (stand A) at *09.25* to catch the bus at 09.35.
Return 19.28 (earlier return is possible)
Cost: £2 single bus ticket each way (£1 if under 21-bring proof of age). Plus money for lunch & refreshments (entry to castle and museum is free for students)

• Carlisle: attractive border town, a major player in the defence of (and disputes over!) the English-Scottish border, with a varied and fascinating history and an extensive Norman Castle which remained in active use for 900 years;
• site of significant Roman fort: Tullie House museum has impressive collections and displays, including reconstruction of the original western turf version of Hadrian’s Wall.

We’ll aim to visit the museum in the late morning to get the Roman background, have lunch there, and then explore the castle and Cathedral after lunch.

Everyone welcome, including friends from outside the university. Just turn up on the day, but it please do e-mail [email protected] in advance if you are definitely interested.

29/04/2024

Want to know more about MA's in History, Public History and the History of Medicine? Come and have a chat with staff and current MA students at our dedicated postgraduate study event this week.
Register here: https://bit.ly/3WcaXCn

📆 Tues 30 April, 4-6pm
📍 King's Hall, Armstrong Building

22/04/2024

This week's Modern European History Seminar will be presented by Dr Dina Gusejnova (London School of Economics) with a paper entitled 'Captive knowledge: some intellectual consequences of interment in the Second World War'

📅 24 April @ 4pm
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Everyone is welcome, we hope to see many of you there.

19/03/2024

This weeks History Research Seminar will be presented by Newcastle's own Dr Jen Kain, with a paper entitled 'Traversing Multiple Sites of Transit: Repatriating ‘Mentally Distressed’ British Seamen, 1925-1930'

📆 20 March, 4pm
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Everyone welcome!

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This paper discusses the management of Distressed British Seamen (DBS) using surviving British Board of Trade records from the 1920s.  In doing so, it positions merchant seamen who became incapacitated at sea as part of a global workforce who went through alternating periods of (im)mobility. By foc...

06/03/2024

Today's History Research Seminar will be presented by our very own Dr Darakhshan Khan, who will be giving a paper titled "In search of the missing servant in colonial India: a sociological, literary and biographical inquiry"

📆 6 March, 4pm
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As ever, all are welcome - staff, students, and friends.