The York Historian

The York Historian The York Historian is the University of York's student-run online magazine dedicated to providing useful and interesting historical articles.

We are back!! We present you the new 2025/2026 York Historian committee! Have a look in the new (and not so new! 😁) face...
04/11/2025

We are back!! We present you the new 2025/2026 York Historian committee! Have a look in the new (and not so new! 😁) faces for this year!! 🖋️🏺📚⚔️

A new article has been published! Kaye Bermingham provides a review of Kate Lister’s ‘A Curious History of Sex’, delving...
26/01/2024

A new article has been published! Kaye Bermingham provides a review of Kate Lister’s ‘A Curious History of Sex’, delving into historical myths and taboos surrounding sexual history. 💘

Please check out Kaye’s article! It is currently live on our website.📚

We’re starting off the new year with the winning article of our Halloween competition! Jack Rooney uniquely tells the st...
05/01/2024

We’re starting off the new year with the winning article of our Halloween competition! Jack Rooney uniquely tells the story of humanity’s own struggle with the earth and the cold, using the story of a tormented exploration crew. ⚓️

Please check out Jack’s article! It is currently live on our website.📖

Our runner up of our Halloween Writing Competition! Seren-Davies Jones writes about the typical historical fixation with...
17/12/2023

Our runner up of our Halloween Writing Competition! Seren-Davies Jones writes about the typical historical fixation with all things dark and mysterious, and how these interests shaped the origins of Samhain and therefore Halloween. 👻

Her article is live on our website! Please go check it out.📖

Another new article, this time focusing on the political history of 1960s and 1970s America! Looking at the interlinking...
15/12/2023

Another new article, this time focusing on the political history of 1960s and 1970s America! Looking at the interlinking presidencies of Kennedy, Nixon and Johnson - Sam Chapman presents a new and insightful look into the impacts on JFK’s death on his successors. 👨🏻‍⚖️

His article is live now on our website! Please go check it out!✏️

For our next article of the year, we’re back with a special commemorative edition. Joe Langham has written a special, pe...
13/12/2023

For our next article of the year, we’re back with a special commemorative edition. Joe Langham has written a special, personal history of the Lancaster W4240 and it’s crew during WWII. ✈️

Please give his article a read! His article is currently live on our website.📝

Another new article! Focusing more on modern and military history, Steph Pook debates the complexity of the causes of Wo...
22/11/2023

Another new article! Focusing more on modern and military history, Steph Pook debates the complexity of the causes of World War I, analysing the death of Franz Ferdinand. ⚔️

Please give her article a read! Her article is currently live on our website. 📚

We’re back with another writer’s workshop this Friday in Spring Lane, with our Co-Editor in Chief and Early Modern Edito...
21/11/2023

We’re back with another writer’s workshop this Friday in Spring Lane, with our Co-Editor in Chief and Early Modern Editor!

Come drop by, work on Halloween competition submissions, brainstorm some ideas with us, or just come sit and work! Looking forward to seeing everyone :)

Our first article of the year - Sacha Brozel has written about the differing understandings of leprosy, and how these ca...
13/11/2023

Our first article of the year - Sacha Brozel has written about the differing understandings of leprosy, and how these came about in this intriguing article contributing to the disease’s history. 🏰

Check it out on our website now! The link is in our bio! 📝

Hello everybody! To give people inspiration for our Halloween competition, we are hosting a social on Friday 27th at 6pm...
22/10/2023

Hello everybody!

To give people inspiration for our Halloween competition, we are hosting a social on Friday 27th at 6pm with the Mad Alice tour! Afterwards, we plan to go to the House of Trembling Madness.

Please only sign up if you have the full intention of buying a ticket and coming - this is just so we know how many tickets to buy!

Link to the form is on our Instagram story! Please check it out, or feel free to DM us or email us for the link! :)

Interested in writing for the York Historian, but unsure where to start, or what to write about?Come along to our chill ...
17/10/2023

Interested in writing for the York Historian, but unsure where to start, or what to write about?

Come along to our chill writing drop-in session on Friday!

You can come for how ever long you wish. This is a great chance to discuss some ideas with the committee, or to just sit in our designated space and write!

Feel free to bring snacks, coffee, lunches, and your writing materials! We will be providing some snacks - we can’t wait to meet everyone! :)

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