Fancy time-traveling to 11th Century Britain? Hi there! We’re QMRS (Queen Mary Re-enactment Society) and we are a medieval re-enactment group centred primarily around Norman…
Posts tagged as “HISTORY”
Ever wondered how a 18th century cemetery for Spanish and Portuguese Jews ended up in the middle of Queen Mary’s Mile End campus? There is…
From the House of Commons to the house of “art and design” Dr. Tristram Hunt has already had an incredibly diverse career, having been a…
The broadcaster and political commentator Andrew Marr came to QM to discuss the current political climate Queen Mary History Society hosted ‘An Evening with Andrew…
HistSoc gives a head-up on socials, academic events and more The History Society kicked off this semester with our annual Pub Crawl which saw us…
The project aims to get students and the general public more engaged with the past This year, Queen Mary’s own School of History has launched…
Turan Garfali tells us of his experience of the coup d’etat in Turkey, 15th July 2016 I live in Ankara, Turkey, and on the evening of…
How alternative histories can tell us so much about the past The Man In The High Castle, Blackadder, Inglorious Bastards, Dominion, Back in the USSA, Voyage.…
Prospering QM Pan-African Society on their aims and the treatment of students of African descent Pan-Africanism is a political ideology and movement that encourages the solidarity…
Why I Chose to Wear a Poppy This Year
Lest we forget the true significance of the poppy. My history teacher once remarked that the only movie scene which depicts war in its truest…