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By Maeve Casserly | The ways in which two founding moments of twentieth century Irish history, the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme, have been remembered during their 2016 centenaries offer an interesting insight into the impact of commemoration… Continue Reading →
By Laura Harrison | One of the very first posts on Pubs and Pubs was on Fraser’s experience with pre-existing public interest in his research topic. It ends with a rather astute point, ‘…the dividing line between academia and the real world isn’t… Continue Reading →
By Fraser Raeburn | The catalyst for this post was an article I saw shared on social media during Holocaust Remembrance Day, talking about the ‘forgotten’ victims of the Holocaust, namely ‘Gays, Gypsies and Priests’. It reminded me somewhat of an… Continue Reading →
By Laura Harrison and Fraser Raeburn | November 11 is one of the few days of the year where history is placed at the centre of public discourse as Britain stops to commemorate the victims of war. Two of our resident historians,… Continue Reading →
By Laura Harrison | When people hear that I am a Canadian who is getting a PhD in Scottish History, the inevitable first question (after an awkward blank pause where they wonder why a person would do such a thing) is:… Continue Reading →
By Kit Heyam | The title of this blog draws attention to the most necessary and the most terrifying aspect of the PhD experience (I’ll leave you to work out which one it is). But it leaves out something which,… Continue Reading →
By Gareth Lyle | History is not simply past events, but an ongoing tradition, and within any society there are those who despite adopt historical narratives for political reasons have no desire for engagement or discussion the past; I refer… Continue Reading →
By Fraser Raeburn | Before being seduced by the Spanish Civil War and its unending litany of acronyms, one of my main historical interests was the interaction between Aborigines and settlers in colonial Australia. It’s an aspect of history that has… Continue Reading →
By Catherine Bateson | Unless you have been under a metaphorical car park, you will know that King Richard III was recently reburied in Leicester Cathedral. I have more than a scholarly interest in this event. Thanks to having ardent Tudor… Continue Reading →
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