By Matthew Kerry In this post Dr Matthew Kerry introduces his new book, Unite, Proletarian Brothers! Radicalism and Revolution in the Spanish Second Republic, published by University of London Press on 30 September. Matthew’s book explores the dramatic left-wing...
by William White In recent years, concerns about the use of disinformation in politics have become increasingly widespread on both sides of the Atlantic. ‘Post-truth’ was the Oxford Dictionaries’ ‘Word of the Year’ for 2016, in the immediate aftermath of the...
The next Digital History seminar will be streamed over live video link on 29 October 2013 at 5.15pm (GMT). See details below: Title: Ideology and Algorithms: The uses of nationalism in the American Civil War and topic Modeling in historical Research Speaker: Robert...
Franco-British History10 November 2011Stéphane Jettot (Paris 4-Sorbonne), autour de son livre, Servir le roi et la nation. Représentation diplomatique et représentation parlementaire dans l’Angleterre de la Restauration (1660-1702) (PUPS, 2011).Note: This podcast is...
Latin American HistoryMexican Nationalism: History and TheoryDavid Brading (Cambridge)4 October 2011 In 1821 Mexico gained independence from Spain and formed a Republic. By the 1880s a ‘reformation’ had begun to occur in the Mexican church, trade had moved primarily...