{"id":5,"date":"2023-11-27T11:08:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T11:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/higss\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2024-07-12T17:18:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:18:17","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/higss\/","title":{"rendered":"History, Geography and Social Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/higss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/412\/2023\/12\/higss_blog_1920x1080-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"2 students chat outside the History, Geography and Social Sciences building.\" class=\"wp-image-17\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/higss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/412\/2023\/12\/higss_blog_1920x1080-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/higss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/412\/2023\/12\/higss_blog_1920x1080-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/higss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/412\/2023\/12\/higss_blog_1920x1080-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/higss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/412\/2023\/12\/higss_blog_1920x1080-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/higss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/412\/2023\/12\/higss_blog_1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcome to the home of all things related to history, geography, geology and social sciences at Edge Hill University. This is where you&#8217;ll get to know our department, and the people who work, study and occasionally play in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Latest posts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Listen: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m001wgxx\">Desert island Discs &#8211; Clive Oppenheimer, volcanolo<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m001wgxx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gist<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clive Oppenheimer, Professor of Volcanology at the University of Cambridge, talks to Lauren Laverne about his life as a volcanologist and filmmaker. 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