May 31, 2012
Occasionally History SPOT plays host to podcasts created beyond the IHR. The Global History seminar and Franco-British seminar are excellent examples of this. Most recently, we have played host to the proceedings of a 2011 conference by the Historians of Education...
Apr 17, 2012
I have been writing this blog ever since I took on History SPOT for the IHR over two years ago. It took me a while to find my feet as I had never created or written a blog before. My remit was to make the blog more interesting than just relaying update reports which...
Mar 19, 2012
In two earlier posts I discussed the History in Education conference (see History in Education Conference 2011 (12 January 2012) and History in Education – History Today article now out! (27 January 2012) that was held in the IHR last year. The conference proved a...
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...