"nuclear" blog posts

Q&A: What's it like to study a PhD in History at the University of Liverpool?PhD History student: Emily Gibbs.

Q&A: What's it like to study a PhD in History at the University of Liverpool?

Emily Gibbs is a postgraduate research student in the Department of History, specialising in the anxieties felt by British society during the Cold War. Find out Emily's thoughts on studying a PhD at the University: from her topic of study to the city of Liverpool.

Posted on: 2 April 2019

Nuclear stories: understanding nuclear anxiety through storytelling'But if it DID happen' headline from newspaper

Nuclear stories: understanding nuclear anxiety through storytelling

When I first undertook my History PhD research on nuclear anxiety in Britain, I was instantly surprised by how much people wanted to tell me their 'nuclear stories'. It appeared to me that the legacies of Cold War nuclear anxieties ran much deeper than I had originally believed.

Posted on: 23 August 2017