Feb 1, 2012
Franco-British History8 December 2011Steven Pincus (Yale University)Gulliver’s Travels, Political Economy, and Empire: The Reconfiguration of the British Empire in the Age of WalpoleAbstract (taken from the Franco-British History progamme): Why did Jonathan...
Jan 27, 2012
Just a quick follow on post about the History in Education conference that I talked about on 12 January 2012 (click here for that blog post). The History Today magazine has now posted an article by David Cannadine (the project manager of the History in Education...
Jan 24, 2012
Beyond the interviews the virtual exhibition (which is well worth a look) includes various statistics (largely gathered from the 1990s London PhD project that looked into the history of History doctorates between 1921 and 1990 at the University of London and the more...
Jan 23, 2012
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...
Jan 18, 2012
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...
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