Last year I was interviewed about my experiences of the PhD as part of the IHR’s celebration of the 90th anniversary of the PhD in Britain. I don’t claim to be an expert or necessarily to have anything particularly interesting to say on the subject as every...
Today we have two abstracts from the Franco-British History seminar held at the Sorbonne, France. Both sessions look at Empire, in particular the British Empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. However, there the similarities end. The first paper...
Podcasts now available (click here):The History PhD: Past, Present and Future conference28 January 2011 Last year marked the 90th anniversary of the PhD in Britain. I must admit I was initially surprised at the modernity of the PhD. Having worked my way through the...
Today two new podcasts have been added to History SPOT. The first is from our Sports and Leisure History seminar and looks at women racers in the early twentieth century at Brooklands race track. The second is from our Voluntary Action History seminar which takes a...
How do you find useful podcasts on History SPOT? There are three options. Browse through the index by seminar group/conference title Use the Search Engine (top right hand corner) Use the metadata tags If you are interested in a particular seminar group or conference...
In November 2011 the History in Education project organisers held a conference aimed to disseminate the findings of their research, to publicise the new book and website and to enable discussion about the future of history teaching in state schools. Amongst the many...
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