All Souls, which received substantial payment in 1710 from slave owner, to fund one student a year from Caribbean nations. More...
26 novembre 2017
26 novembre 2017
West Country witchcraft and the hanged women of urban Exeter
In 2014 hundreds of modern witches converged on the city, demanding a retrospective pardon for three elderly women hanged in 1682, Temperance Lloyd, Susannah Edwards and Mary Trembles, who were followed in 1685 by Alice Molland, whose execution was believed to be the last of its kind although the law was not changed until 1735. More...
26 novembre 2017
A tricky centenary for Theresa May to celebrate
Theresa May said at prime minister’s questions this week that she thinks it is important that we mark the centenary of the election of the first female MP next year. Since the woman in question was Constance Markievicz, a member of Sinn Féin who had been imprisoned and sentenced to death for her part in the fighting in Dublin in 1916, I look forward Mrs May’s taking part in this commemoration with great interest. More...
26 novembre 2017
Why being a historian is about so much more than producing displays for museums
What does society want and need from the arts and humanities? That’s a question that we’ve been asking in a recent project called Bridging the Gap, which explored the wider social, cultural and economic value of arts and humanities research and how to better unlock that value. More...
26 novembre 2017
‘Identity politics’ have not taken over university history courses
The recent report from the Institute of Public Affairs on history teaching in Australian universities is the latest salvo in the “history wars”. Left-liberal “elites” have been accused for decades of undermining the nation and its roots by indulging in fanciful or biased history teaching by focusing on “identity politics” instead of the “canon”. More...
24 novembre 2017
Past Becomes Present
By Colleen Flaherty. Boston U moves to terminate professor after high-profile investigation into claims that he harassed a former graduate student in Antarctica in 1999. More...
23 novembre 2017
Study: Historians Easily Fooled by Unreliable Content
By Lindsay McKenzie. The small study, published by the Stanford History Education Group on the Social Science Research Network, pitted Ph.D.-level historians against undergraduate students and professional fact-checkers. It found that many students, and some historians, were easily deceived by unreliable sources online. More...
23 novembre 2017
Historians Blame Lack of Support for Slow Technology Uptake
By Lindsay McKenzie. A survey of historians has found that their relatively slow adoption of new technologies has “as much to do with a lack of resources” as “stereotypical fustiness and fear.” More...
23 novembre 2017
Another Bad Year for History Jobs
By Scott Jaschik. American Historical Association sees 12 percent decline in openings, for fifth straight year of downward trend.
The academic job market keeps getting tighter for historians. More...
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