How the AHRC helped me discover a World War One child soldier

Adam Saxon isn't an academic (yet), but you wouldn't know it from his enthusiasm for history. Adam is the son of AHRC Associate Director Alexandra Vincent, and for his year 9 school project he used AHRC resources to uncover the history of one soldier from World War One, including that he was still a child … Continue reading How the AHRC helped me discover a World War One child soldier →

Troubled times produce radical minds – so where should we look for ours?

For our latest blog, New Generation Thinker and Lecturer in Early Modern History Dr Joanne Paul searches for the perfect recipe for finding the new generation of radical thinkers.

A Strange Season: Festive Folklore and the Darker Side of Victorian Christmas

Emma Butcher – Early Career Researcher at the School of Arts, University of Leicester and AHRC New Generation Thinker – talks to us about Victorian festive folklore