What models of love and support get lost if we cling to a linear model of family life? Leighan Renaud calls for a model of genealogical enquiry rooted in a decolonised, expansive and ‘matrifocal’ understanding of the Caribbean family.
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‘Much Wanted A Reform among Females!’: The Female Reformers of Peterloo
Revolutionary harridans? Ruth Mather argues that historians need to take a closer look at the radical women of Peterloo.
Family historians, collaboration and a new history from below methodology – or, sharing history over a cup of tea
How can different types of historian work together? Laura King argues that collaboration with family historians has the potential to galvanise academic research.
Family History and My Huguenot Ancestors
‘Family history lends a different perspective’. Family historian Janet Coles on tracing her Huguenot refugee ancestry.
Family History in the Digital Age
In the second article of our feature on the radical potential of family history, family historian Mark Crail reflects on the power of collaboration in the history of working-class movements.
How do Family Historians Work with Memory?
Not just nostalgia: family historians are at the forefront of challenges to traditional histories that are ‘gendered, classed, raced and heteronormative’, argues public historian Tanya Evans.
Psychoanalysis and History Seminar, Spring 2019 Programme
A packed programme for Spring 2019 with the Psychoanalysis and History seminar at the Institute of Historical Research.
