Conceptions of risk and uncertainty are traditionally applied to moments of environmental and economic crisis, both real and imagined. This new HWO series seeks to understand how ordinary people calculated perceived and real risks and…
What does 'history from below' looking like in the Philippines? In this piece Justin Umali reflects on communities finding their "historical place" in a narrative.
How can we creatively utilize historical research to bring the past to life? Josh Allen discusses the importance of using archival sources, oral histories and material culture in a creative fashion to bring myth, metaphor and anecdote back…
Book your tickets now for the Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture. This year, Yasmin Khan speaks on 'Women On The Frontline Of Empire': a feminist history of the Second World War - 7 March 2019 at Queen Mary University of London
In 2017, three centuries of iron-making came to an end in Coalbrookdale, the birthplace of the industrial revolution. Now iron workers are writing their own history as the legacy of the foundry hangs in the balance.
In this installment in our Graduate Online Symposium on Radical History, George Stevenson explores how radical history might be developed to address the ‘crisis of purpose’ in history.