Andrew Whitehead on the reappearance – and disappearance – of old shop signs
Histories of the Present
Karachi Literature Festival
Yasmin Khan reports from the 2012 Karachi Literature Festival
The Domino Revolutions: 1848, 1989, 2011
The successive overthrow of apparently well established governments in Tunisia, Egypt and then Libya prompts the question: how do revolutions spread? Kevin Adamson and Mike Rapport of the School of History and Politics at the University of Stirling compare years of ‘domino’ revolutions.
The Nation, Our Libraries and Archives – and the Cuts
Discussion of a History Workshop Journal feature on ‘Coalition Cuts’, threats to archives and their repositories, urging academics, in particular, to champion libraries and archives within their own institutions
Greece: History Repeating Itself?
As Greece suffers economic austerity and sharp public spending cuts, the historian Violetta Hionidou looks at worrying echoes of the country’s wartime experience of extreme deprivation
On Speaking and Silence and the Refusal of Historical Accuracy
A response by Adam Ganz to Merylin Moos recent History Workshop Online article “Breaking the Silence”
Centre – Periphery: We Are All Khaled Said
This article explores the beginnings and similarities of the UK, Libyan, Tunisian and Egyptian popular protests and occupations.
