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Obituary – Jonathan Steinberg. Historian whose work Bismarck: A Life is considered the best study of its subject in the English language.
If you click here, you will get to The Guardian’s obituary for Jonathan Steinberg. He famously wrote Bismarck – a life. The obituary suggests that Bismarck – a life is “brilliantly readable – nearly 500 pages go by in a … Continue reading
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History in the News – ‘A gift for Holocaust deniers’: how Polish libel ruling will hit historians. Something to discuss in History Society…
If you click here you will get to an article in The Guardian by Jo Glanville. It comments on reports a that the authors of a study on the fate of Polish Jews under Nazism have been told to apologise … Continue reading
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History Society – something to discuss – Cultural warriors attacking ‘woke’ history care little for truth. It’s all political theatre David Olusoga
If you click here you will get to a sharp article in Sunday’s Observer by David Olusoga. I have included an extract below. Have a read and see what you think… “In both the US and the UK, these new … Continue reading
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History Society – Something to discuss – What will Trump’s legacy be?
If you click here you will get to a BBC article where US historians debate Donald Trump’s legacy. This is a useful article for us. By contrasting different historians back-to-back it makes the point very clearly that you conclusions often … Continue reading
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Enrichment – Queen Mary’s Geoview project – data visualisation sheds new light on Britain’s Tudor past
If you click here you will get to an excellent new project from Queen Mary University – London. It’s aim is to analyse and visualise communication networks from Tudor times. “Tudor Networks works in a similar way to platforms such as Google … Continue reading
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Pulling Black History Month together
We are currently pulling together all the lower school entries for who they would put on a statue (and why). We are going to make a display of them in the department. Look out for it – some really are … Continue reading
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Two significant anniversaries this week
All, Obviously this is the end of Remembrance week. It does however mark two significant anniversaries. You may have noted in the news that Wednesday marked the centenary of the laying to rest of the unknown soldier in Westminster Abbey. … Continue reading
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Enrichment – something to discuss – What came after the Spanish Flu?
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Enrichment – something to discuss – the battle over what US children learn about American history
As President Trump pushes for “patriotic education” in American schools, some teachers say students aren’t being taught the whole story when it comes to US history and its roots with slavery. Click here for a BBC video report. Mr Kydd
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Enrichment – something to read / discuss. Being an American historian in 2020
If you click here you will get to Professor Joanna Freeman’s article on being an (American) historian in the Pandemic. It is from the Washington Post. In it she argues, “historians don’t just study history. We construct it. We puzzle … Continue reading
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