Podcasting and "Africa Past and Present"

It’s always nice to discover a new digital resource and an article which gives some context to it. Such is the case with an article on Africa Past and Present in South African Historical Journal [1] entitled Podcasting the Past: Africa Past and Present and...

History SPOT update

Just a brief word today, to keep you informed about the changes occurring to the History SPOT platform.  These won’t affect your ability to visit the site, either for the podcasts or our research training material, but you will find some changes to the way you...

Digital History seminar (live stream tonight)

The IHR Seminar in Digital History would like to welcome you to its first seminar of the academic year. Presenter:  Camille Desenclos (École nationale des chartes, Sorbonne) Title: ‘Rethinking historical research in the digital age: a TEI approach’ Date: October 9,...

The Origins of a Coming Ideal: Meritocracy in Britain 1750-1850

British History in the Long 18th CenturyThe Origins of a Coming Ideal: Meritocracy in Britain 1750-1850Penelope J. Corfield (Emeritus Professor)25 May 2010 This is a guest post by James Wilkinson, one of IHR Digital’s summer interns from the University of...

History SPOT is changing

On the 19th September History SPOT celebrated its 1 year birthday, or rather we didn’t.  We completely missed the date.  However, the 1 year mark, while important, is not as important as what we intend to do for the near future.  A while back I mentioned that...