How did a protest by a group of women from a Christian anarchist movement inspire a 1960s American folk song? Victoria Peretitskaya explores the origins of the song, the protest and its feminist legacy.
How can we use oral history to capture the diverse history of the UK environmental movement? Barbara Brayshay and Saskia Papadakis introduce the OHEM archive.
The idea of making amends for slavery has a long genealogy in Britain. Catherine Hall examines this history alongside vital questions of race and repair for our present moment.
Throughout modern history, overseas students have neither been entirely rejected nor genuinely accepted. Nilakshi Das examines this discourse as it shifted over time.
What entitles a life to a place in the annals of feminist history? Marybeth Hamilton explores the marginalisation of writer and drifter, Valerie Solanas.
Vivien Chan, Beckie Rutherford, Sally Alexander & Jeffrey Weeks
How did History Workshop Journal's editorial collective sustain its commitment to radical history over fifty tumultuous years? Sally Alexander and Jeffrey Weeks discuss.
Ten illustration students from Nottingham Trent University consider their personal connections to the past and what it means to practice history from below.
Three of our past and present editors reflect on the ways in which History Workshop Journal has influenced and inspired their practice during their time on the History Workshop collective.
From histories of the French Revolution, to policing in Early Modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight HWJ as a valuable resource across many different classrooms.
History Workshop editors share their reflections on the radical books and films which have compelled them, fascinated them, and moved them throughout 2025.
Can the neglected anticolonial visions of Third World Marxist revolutionaries speak to our current moment? Peyman Vahabzadeh on Iran's 1970s radical, Mostafa Sho'aiyan.
When archaeology served empire, what did it see? Benjamin Thomas White explores the history of aerial archaeology and its relationship with colonial surveillance.
