Technical problems in last night’s live streamed seminar

Last night was the IHR’s eighth live streamed event, the fourth for our Digital History seminar, and the second since the launch of History SPOT.  Unfortunately on this occasion things did not go as planned.  This blog post is, therefore, part apology to all of you...

Three Godfrey of Boullions in one day

A colleague is working on English Historical Documents and came across the name of Godfrey of Boullion in the context of Caxton’s publications. In Caxton defends the historicity of King Arthur (1485), Caxton, in his preface to Malory’s King Arthur, outlines his “nine...

SPOT Newsletter: 26 October 2011

Sport and Leisure History20 June 2011Football and National Identity in Post-War England Christoph Wagner (De Montfort University)Huns vs Inselaffen: Anglo-German Football Rivalry, 1954-2000 In the 1950s and 1960s how was the rivalry between England and Germany in...

Live Stream on History SPOT today

Locating London’s past: a geo-referencing tool for mapping historical and archaeological evidence, 1660-1800 Today History SPOT will play host to a live stream of this workshop on Locating London’s Past.  This should prove an interesting and exciting event...

One month on…

Today History SPOT is one month old.  I can’t believe that it has been that long already.  Of course the platform is still in beta mode as we iron out some outstanding bugs and issues.  We still need to implement the search engine throughout the site and there are...