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History and the state: supporting institutional memory or challenging national myths?

History and the state: supporting institutional memory or challenging national myths?

by Talking Humanities | Jan 5, 2022 | History & Classics, Politics & Law

Should historians talk to government? Professor of British and Commonwealth history, Philip Murphy, introduces the tensions underlying the relationship between historians and politicians. As an academic discipline, history can be thought of as something between a game...
Engaging the Public with Digital History (Public Engagement Case Study – Professor Jane Winters)

Engaging the Public with Digital History (Public Engagement Case Study – Professor Jane Winters)

by aseifert | Apr 8, 2015 | Being Human festival, Digital, Public Engagement, Research & Resources

To mark the launch of our first SAS/Senate House Library ‘Public Engagement Innovators Scheme’, we asked some staff from across the School about their experiences of public engagement and how it has influenced their research and professional practice. In this fourth...
Free online course: Designing Databases for Historical Research

Free online course: Designing Databases for Historical Research

by aseifert | May 2, 2013 | Digital, History & Classics, Training and Research

The Institute of Historical Research (IHR) operates an online research training website called History SPOT. This website includes a wide range of digital research training packages for historians. One of the courses available on the History Spot is Designing...

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