Why Does Academic History Matter?
The study of history at UK universities appears to be under existential threat. Should anyone care?
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What is an Information Age?
From the printing press to the internet, the spread of information has changed the world. How do we recognise an age defined by it?
How Inevitable Was the Rise of the Chinese Communist Party?
It is the most powerful political party in the world, controlling China’s future as well as its past, but was the young CCP in control of its imperial destiny?
How Did the English Arrive in Britain?
Bede wrote that the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes invaded Britain en masse in the fifth century. Does the evidence agree?
What Factor Has Most Shaped Australian History?
All national histories are contentious and partial. What are the defining themes in Australia’s story?
Why Did Britain Abolish the Slave Trade?
The Slavery Abolition Act was passed by Parliament in 1833. What was really behind Britain’s moment of moral enlightenment?
How Can We Write the History of Emotions?
We know that people in the past felt, but not what, how, or why. Is emotional history recoverable?
How Important was the Battle of Hastings?
The Norman Conquest is credited with reshaping England, but was 1066 really all that?
When Did the Reformation End?
From 1517, when Luther’s 95 Theses sparked schism and bloodshed, the Protestant Reformation divided Europe. Can we say when – or if – the conflict concluded?
How Has Public History Changed Since 1951?
75 years is a long time in public history: the bridge between academia and the general reader appears to have widened since History Today was launched, but in what ways?