Dec 12, 2013
British Politics in the Long Eighteenth Century: a Defence of Political HistoryFrank O’Gorman (Manchester)Franco-British History seminar22 November 2012 Abstract: This lecture sought to define the nature of eighteenth century British politics and to explain the...
Nov 7, 2012
Imperial and World History seminar15 October 2012Tom Bentley (University of Sussex)Reshaping the past: the lingering colonial presentThis podcast is about 20 minutes long. Violence is a driving force of colonialism, but it is not the only narrative available. There...
Oct 11, 2012
In a previous blog I mentioned how Churchill has dominated historical writings and also mentioned that he had a journal devoted to him. Well now Churchill has his own online archive which is reviewed in Reviews in History. And so Churchill joins some of his successors...
Aug 14, 2012
British History in the Long-eighteenth Century ‘Love, bitter wrong, freedom, sad pity, and lust of power’: Politics and Performance in 1820Malcolm Chase (University of Leeds)21 March 2012 When historians talk about 1820 it is often to discuss the attempts by the new...
Jul 27, 2012
So who has been the best prime minster of Britain since 1945? A 2010 survey in The Political Quarterly [1] lists the following order:-AttleeThatcherBlairMacmillanWilsonChurchillCallaghanMajorHeathBrownDouglas-HomeEdenBased on a survey of academics, the list echoes a...
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