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School of History alumnus confirmed as UK’s top civil servant
2 September 2020
Simon Case, who holds a PhD from the School of History, has been named as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service from 9 September 2020, succeeding Sir Mark Sedwill.
Analysis of Henry VIII's personal Bible sheds new light on Britain's past
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An analysis of King Henry VIII's personal Bible by ourvery own Dr Eyal Poleg has revealed new information about the Reformation and sheds fresh light on Britain’s religious, political and constitutional past.
Centre for the History of the Emotions wins two major podcast awards
13 July 2020
The podcast series produced by the Living With Feeling project at Queen Mary's Centre for the History of the Emotions won two awards at the British Podcast Awards on Saturday night. The Sound of Anger, produced by Natalie Steed won in two categories - smartest podcast, and best wellbeing podcast and was also nominated in the creativity category.
In the series, our very own Professor Thomas Dixon goes on an odyssey to come to terms with the nature of anger, and his own complex feelings about it. He is helped by historians, psychologists, and political thinkers along the way. Thomas thanked the team behind the podcast on Twitter, in response to messages of congratulations stating 'The real credit goes to their multi-award winning producer Natalie Steed! @bawdynan And to playwright @CraigBaxter for his brilliant Seneca and Darwin dramas.'
The judges of the best wellbeing podcast noted that 'the experimental approach to this genre of podcast feels both valuable and refreshing'. Whilst the judges of the smartest podcast acclaimed that 'the subject matter is fascinating and takes you on a journey through the expression and understanding of a very common and challenging emotion. We were angry that we couldn't listen to more.' Full details on all the winners are available on the British Podcast Awards website.
You can find out more about the podcast on The Emotions Lab website. You can also listen to the full series of The Sound of Anger on The Emotions Lab SoundCloud page.
The Sound of Anger was made with the support of the Wellcome Trust.
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