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What is History For? 4: Afterlives and Memory

What is History For? 4: Afterlives and Memory

by royalhistsoc | 19 Jul 2022 | General, Guest Posts, What is History For?

  In this final post of our What is History For? series, Dr Thomas Brodie considers historical afterlives, with reference to a post-war group of Jewish scholars – ‘Oneg Shabbat’ – and their archival work to memorialise the experiences of...
What is History For? 3: Revolutions and Crises

What is History For? 3: Revolutions and Crises

by royalhistsoc | 05 Jul 2022 | Guest Posts, What is History For?

  In this third post of the ‘What is History for?’ series, Dr Lucie Ryzova explores how the Covid pandemic has shaped our understanding of crisis, how it relates to crises of the past, and how these events mark significant transitory moments in...
What is History For? 2: activism and historical imagination

What is History For? 2: activism and historical imagination

by royalhistsoc | 27 Jun 2022 | General, What is History For?, Writing Race Two

    In this second post in the ‘What is History For?’ series, Tionne Parris considers the examples set by mid-20th-century Black radical women in their struggle for change. How might historical study of their engagement with, and framing of,...
What is History For? 1. Openings

What is History For? 1. Openings

by royalhistsoc | 16 Jun 2022 | General, Guest Posts, What is History For?

  What is History For? is a new series of posts in which historians reflect on the value, purpose and potential of their craft. Each of the series contributors took part in a day-conference — What is History For?’ — held at the University of...

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