John Milton as a theorist of liberty (Creighton Lecture)

Creighton Lecture13 November 2012Professor Quentin Skinner (Queen Mary, University of London)John Milton as a theorist of libertyThis is a guest post from Jonathan Blaney (IHR).  Jonathan is the project editor for British History Online. Had Keats lived, there would...

Live Stream reminder

Just a quick reminder that tonight at 5.15pm (GMT) Ian Gregory from Lancaster University will be talking about Using GIS to Explore Historical Texts.  The session will be streamed live over the internet and you can join in with questions for the speaker. To watch this...

Retranslating Victor Serge’s Memoirs of a Revolutionary

Socialist History seminar15 October 2012George Paizis (UCL)Retranslating Victor Serge’s Memoirs of a Revolutionary  Victor Serge (1890-1947) born Victor Lvovich Kibalchich, was a Russian revolutionary and writer.  He wrote essays, books, novels and many other...

From Marx to Metrics in Latin America’s Economic History

Latin American History2 October 2012John Coatsworth (Columbia)From Marx to Metrics in Latin America’s Economic History  Since World War Two many conflicting, opposing, or parallel approaches toward understanding economic history in Latin America have received weight...