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.
Vipin Krishna explores how colonial officials in nineteenth-century India turned linguistics into a tool for classification, surveillance, and control.
Does A.I. have the potential to simplify, and ultimately impoverish, our study of the past? Gordon McKelvie considers the recent explosion in A.I. and what it means for historians facing the current Higher Education crisis.
How did ordinary people in 2000 make sense of oil, floods, and climate change?
David Tomory and Timothy Cooper explore the link between fuel protests and flood waters.
How did making banners help women to express themselves and support one another at Greenham Common Peace Camp? Maisie Jepson explores this creative process and explains why motherhood was such a prominent theme.
Eleanor Callaghan examines how Bristol's local authorities and museum curators turned a controversial monument into an opportunity for inclusive public history.
Keir Starmer’s “island of strangers” speech follows a well-trodden path for Labour leaders. Kieran Connell examines how far-right rhetoric on immigration has been mainstreamed in British politics.
How can we better approach the histories of Indigenous peoples? Mary Katherine Newman introduces a
new History Workshop series on Indigenous historical methods.
