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The History Lab...
…is the Institute for Historical Research’s network for postgraduate historians. It runs a seminar, at which Rob Dale, a PhD student at QMUL who has the bad luck to have me appointed as hi… more →
Trench Fever
What is History? (Part 1)
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backwardpresent wrote 1 month ago: So someone commented yesterday that it had been a long time since I had posted to my blog. I checke … more →
What is history?
liamkinnon wrote 9 months ago: This is a loaded question. I spent an entire class last semester discussing this question and I sti … more →
The History Lab...
trenchfever wrote 1 year ago: …is the Institute for Historical Research’s network for postgraduate historians. It runs … more →
90 Years of Remembrance
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trenchfever wrote 1 year ago: Beginning a push that has something of the last drive to victory about it, the BBC are gearing up fo … more →
August 29, 2008
cazmaster wrote 1 year ago: Warm-Up: Give an example of geography dictating, or changing history? Explain. Todays assignments th … more →
Welcome Back to School!
cazmaster wrote 1 year ago: Dear Parents and Students, This is the first post of the year. Last week we completed the first succ … more →
Facing an Identity Crisis
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John Maass wrote 1 year ago: NEWS RELEASE June 3, 2008 Contact:xSteven Hofman 301-520-1306 or 970-871-4551 press@bradleyproje … more →
Hell in a handcart
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trenchfever wrote 1 year ago: Is the ‘history boom’, like a toxic algal bloom, poisoning itself? Some possible evidenc … more →
Timewatch podcast
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trenchfever wrote 1 year ago: At the start of December, I took part in a podcast recorded to back up a BBC Timewatch programme abo … more →
An archive of one's own
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trenchfever wrote 1 year ago: In preparation for my sabbatical, I’ve been trying to reorganise my workspace at home. Mainly, … more →
Playing the past?
trenchfever wrote 1 year ago: The Guardian reports on the Lincolnsfields Centre, a residential site where visiting schoolchildren … more →
I'm back!
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trenchfever wrote 1 year ago: It is very much to my embarassment that this is the first post in over three months. Yes, I am well … more →
A Defeat of Historical Proportions
John Maass wrote 2 years ago: At a recent news conference, a defeated commander described his side’s loss by trying to place … more →
Short Quiz
John Maass wrote 2 years ago: OK, here’s a short quiz that I use to show how academic historians are learning more and more … more →
The "Forgotten 7"
John Maass wrote 2 years ago: “News” sites like CNN.com are for some reason driven to present “articles” o … more →
What does 'American' mean?
John Maass wrote 2 years ago: U.S. immigration authorities Thursday unveiled 100 new questions immigrants will have to study to pa … more →
For Sale: Magna Carta
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John Maass wrote 2 years ago: Sotheby’s will announce plans Tuesday to auction a copy of the Magna Carta in New York in mid- … more →
Is "300" a homoerotic film?
John Maass wrote 2 years ago: Interesting Slate piece on masculinity and films. … more →
Vote for your commander!
John Maass wrote 2 years ago: At The History Net, a website devoted to trying to sell us subscriptions to non-academic/serious res … more →
