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.
Tag: history from below
History and Contemporary Art
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 into how we think about the past.
History from below: a reading list with Marcus Rediker
Jared Davidson introduces Marcus Rediker’s carefully curated list of essential readings to develop a history from below.
Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture: Yasmin Khan on ‘Women On The Frontline Of Empire’ – 7 March
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
Extended Call for Applications: Three Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop Online
History Workshop Journal and History Workshop Online (HWO) are seeking to appoint three Editorial Fellows to join our radical history magazine.
‘Up the Dale – history is made, not bought’: making history from below in the industrial revolution
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.
Has the World Ever Been Thus? The Politics of Defeat & the Crisis of Purpose in History
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.
