‘Quando Era Jovem…’ – Towards an Intergenerational, Oral History of Youth in Maputo, Mozambique

by royalhistsoc | 21 Apr 2022 | General, Writing Race Two

    How does an oral historian, working in Mozambique, respond to the lockdowns and travel restrictions of recent years? Johanna Wetzel is a PhD student researching the history of youth — ser jovem or juventude — in Maputo, with particular...

Data Protection and Historical Research: The Basics

by Katherine Foxhall | 12 Apr 2021 | RHS Publications, Teaching Portal: For Students, Teaching Portal: For Teachers

Recent data protection laws, implemented across Europe in 2018, have implications for academic researchers. The Royal Historical Society recently published a set of guidelines to help researchers navigate the legal requirements around data protection. Here, Dr...

Online Resources: Global History

by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal: Online Resources

  An International Database of Shakespeare on Film, Television and Radio  http://www.bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/ This resource provides researchers with free access to an online database of catalogued material of Shakespeare-related content in international film,...

Online Resources: Modern Britain (1900-present)

by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal: Online Resources

Archigram Archival Project  http://archigram.westminster.ac.uk/ This resource enables researchers to search through an online database of the architectural group Archigram (1961-1974), who were “amongst the most seminal, iconoclastic and influential architectural...

Online Resources: British History

by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal: Online Resources

Anti-Popery in British History  https://antipopery.com/ This resource showcases interdisciplinary ways for researchers to study anti-Catholicism as a major aspect of modern British history. The website provides several essays which show the different methodologies in...