Blog Educpros de Claude Lelièvre. Il ignore ainsi »superbement » un précédent dûment établi, en ignorant du même coup totalement l'un de ses prédécesseurs, François Bayrou. Plus...
Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Antoine Lumière (1840-1911) a fait fortune avec les plaques photographiques, épaulé pour cela par ses deux fils, Auguste (1862-1954) et Louis (1864-1948).Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Antoine Lumière est le père des deux frères Lumière, les inventeurs du cinématographe. Plus...
To continue with the occasional post on random books on the shelves at HESA Towers, today I want to talk about this book pictured below. It doesn’t look like much, but it’s one of the most intriguing things kicking around the office. It dates from the summer of 1967 and is called “The Gourman Report”. More...At about 3 AM tomorrow, Eastern Daylight time, Japanese Emperor Akihito will abdicate the Chyrsanthemum Throne in favour of his son, Naruhito. With that, the Heisei Era will end and the Reiwa Era will begin (time in Japan being marked by Imperial reigns; after their death, emperors become known by the “reign names”, which is why we know refer to Emperor Hirohito as the Showa Emperor and yes this does go all go back to Han-era China, why do you ask). More...
A new academic role will investigate its history after estimates that 85% of original funding came from slavery. More...
The Conflict Archive on the Internet (Cain) website, based in Derry, has taken two decades to build up an unrivalled encyclopaedic digital record of the conflict. It includes oral histories, election results, political memorabilia, public records, bibliographies and the names and details of more than 3,600 Troubles-related killings in Northern Ireland, Ireland, the UK and continental Europe. More...
Two full-time post-doctoral researchers based in the university’s Centre of African Studies will conduct the inquiry to uncover the university’s historical links with the slave trade. More...
From school drop-outs to prison swots, the Open University has educated all-comers for 50 years, posting out flatpacks that would make Ikea blush. Pity the BBC threw this party for itself, not them. More...
Jusqu'à 800 000 personnes, principalement des Tutsis, ont été tuées dans une orgie de 100 jours d'assassinats brutaux et de viols par des membres de la majorité hutu au Rwanda. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
