Jewish refugees from Russia in Liverpool, 1882

Migration: Britain’s hospitable past

10 February 2014

In the midst of current controversies over immigration law and policy, Professor Alison Bashford discusses why it's important to recall Britain’s unique place in the international history of modern border control, suggesting that Britain’s principled politico-legal past calls for cautious celebration, rather than the more common critique.

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'Madness', James McArdell, after Robert Edge Pine 1760

Care in the community

02 October 2012

Historians have long recognised that the family were the chief carers of the mentally ill. A new study will investigate the emotional and economic consequences of what care in the community meant to 18th-century families.

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