As the film ‘Misbehaviour’ launches this week, Poppy Sebag-Montefiore speaks to women’s liberationist and flour-bomber of the Miss World contest, Sally Alexander (played by Kiera Knightly), about history, psychoanalysis and collectivity.
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Gentleman Jack: from History Workshop to HBO
Jill Liddington is an award-winning historian and writer. Author of One Hand Tied Behind Us (1978), The Long Road to Greenham (1979) and Rebel Girls (2006), Jill’s work has always championed women’s stories. In 1984 Jill discovered Anne Lister, and the discovery has shaped her life and career ever since.
Loss, Doubt and Liberation: Motherhood in 2018
‘Should one choose to be a mother?’ The dilemma of motherhood in a world of economic and cultural risk.
Virtual Special Issue: Historic Passions
A special free-access issue bringing together twenty-four essays published as part of the “Historic Passions” occasional feature in History Workshop Journal.
Thinking about denial: its impact on the climate, our politics and the writing of history
Catherine Hall and Daniel Pick reflect on the power of denial, the danger of myopia, and the ways denial holds people together, shaping collective and national memories.
Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop Online
HWO is seeking to appoint one or two Editorial Fellows to assist in the running of our website, social media channels, and podcast. Applications due 5pm 30 June 2017.
Between Private and Public: Writing a Memoir about Raphael and Myself
The Raphael Samuel Memorial Lecture 2016 commemorates the twentieth anniversary of Raphael’s death with a lecture by his widow, the writer Alison Light.
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