by royalhistsoc | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: Innovative Modules
In this guest post, Dr Andrew Smith, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary History & Politics at the University of Chichester, shares and reflects on a module he created for undergraduate-level students at university. The module introduced students to unfamiliar...
by royalhistsoc | 27 Nov 2020 | Race, Ethnicity and Equality, Teaching Portal: Innovative Modules
What does world history look like if you approach it through a BA History programme focused on the histories of Asia, Africa and the Middle East? What are the challenges of introducing such an approach to students who have, up until they join the programme, largely...
by royalhistsoc | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: Careers, Teaching Portal: Transitions in HE
In this post, historian Dr Andrew Foster offers guidance about the transition for students undertaking taught undergraduate and Masters degrees to research courses, as well as his thoughts on future careers for history graduates. He turns the spotlight towards the...
by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal: Online Resources
Charles Booth’s London: Poverty Maps and Policy Notebooks https://booth.lse.ac.uk/ This resource enables researchers to search through the notebooks from Inquiry into Life and Labour in London (1886-1903) by providing visitors to the site to search through 41...
by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal: Online Resources
A Database of Crusaders to the Holy Land 1095-1189 https://www.dhi.ac.uk/crusaders/ This resource enables researchers to access a free database on the biographies of crusaders, including their country of origin, role, contingent leader, as well as the crusades they...