Food in History – Anglo-American conference 2013

The 82nd Anglo-American conference of historians starts today.  This is a busy time for the IHR, the culmination of all of this year’s events rolled into a three day conference.  This year the topic is food and I therefore feel that it right that I should be writing...

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...

Doing history in Real Time: a workshop hosted by William J. Turkel

***PLEASE NOTE THIS SEMINAR IS NOW ON TUESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 2012 NOT 5TH AS ORIGINALLY ADVERTISED** Today I would like to announce an upcoming workshop about digital history, hosted by Bill Turkel at the Institute of Historical Research.  Please read the information...

The Olympics archival Legacy

The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch“Legacy”.  This word has been thrown about constantly in the lead up to the London Olympics.  At times it feels like any kind of meaningful legacy will be lost and squandered due to the down turn of the economy and recession, at other...