History SPOT usage trends

May 7, 2013

I thought today I would share with you a few of the stats that we’ve observed from the History SPOT podcast service.  The table below shows how many times podcast files have been played in the browser and downloaded.  The website went live in September 2011 but plays...

Designing Databases for Historical Research

May 2, 2013

The Institute of Historical Research now offer a wide selection of digital research training packages designed for historians and made available online on History SPOT.  Most of these have received mention on this blog from time to time and hopefully some of you will...

Class and commuting on the Underground, 1863 – 1939

Apr 30, 2013

Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis, 1863-2013Simon Abernethy (University of Cambridge)Class and commuting on the Underground, 1863 – 1939  Abstract In the 21st Century London’s Underground is effectively “classless”. Builders and clerks, managers...

What’s in a Name?: The ‘Conversation’ Piece in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Apr 25, 2013

British History in the Long 18th Century7 November 2012Kate Retford (Birkbeck, University of London)What’s in a Name?: The ‘Conversation’ Piece in Eighteenth-Century Britain  For the uninitiated (that would include me, I’m afraid!) ‘conversation’ pieces is a term...

The Untold History of the United States (Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick)

Apr 22, 2013

Public History seminarOliver Stone and Peter Kuznick3 April 2013The Untold History of the United States Film director Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick discuss their book and forthcoming television series. The Untold History of the United States re-examines...

The World is not Enough: Global History, Cotton Textiles and the Industrial Revolution

Apr 18, 2013

British History in the Long Eighteenth Century30 January 2013Giorgio Riello (University of Warwick)The World is not Enough: Global History, Cotton Textiles and the Industrial Revolution  Although the title of this paper might remind you of a James Bond film, this...