The Centre for Research in History, Heritage and Memory Studies at Nottingham Trent University (UK) brings together academic staff and postgraduates for research and engagement activities with the common thread of making the past meaningful in the present. It seeks to promote understanding the origins of current perceptions of the past, challenge and diversify existing interpretations and employ the exploration and co-creation of the past for public benefit.

The Centre’s scope is global. It comprises projects which focus on areas of the United Kingdom and Europe, as well as the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australia and beyond, linking national and international institutions. We have expertise in textual and non-textual histories, visual, aural and material resources. We also seek to explore and engage with intangible cultural heritage, and in how the past is represented and presented through memorials, the media, film and public works of art.

Researchers work actively with museums, archives and the media to take history to the broader public. Researcher specialisms range from the medieval and early modern through to the twenty-first century with highly developed research interests that impact on people’s lives the areas of in welfare, policy, religion, conflict, race, gender, emotions and wellbeing. We also have significant expertise in memory studies, critical museologies, oral histories and cultural histories.

We have a range of annual seminar/lecture series (Workhouse Lives, Oral History Network, Challenging Colonial Narratives, Religion,Conflict and Resolution, History and Policy, Material and Immaterial Cultures and Memory Studies) and host online and in person conferences, workshops and training events.

For more details about the centre, please contact Natasha.Hodgson@ntu.ac.uk or Steven.King@ntu.ac.uk

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