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History Workshop@historywo.bsky.social |
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// Radical History in a Digital Era //
www.historyworkshop.org.uk/
We enrich the work of History Workshop Journal & continue the democratising spirit of the History Workshop movement
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How can we understand historical figures as products of their time? In this new article, Kerry Lindeque discusses the contradictory radicalism of Britain's most famous drag king, Vesta Tilley 🌈🗃️
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George's longer article is currently available open access in our latest issue of History Workshop Journal 👇
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How have British men found resources for navigating the experience of sexual violence? George Severs discusses the scarcity of support available in late 20th century England and Wales. [CN: male victims of rape and sexual violence]
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George's longer article is currently available open access in our latest issue of History Workshop Journal 👇
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How have British men found resources for navigating the experience of sexual violence? George Severs discusses the scarcity of support available in late 20th century England and Wales. [CN: male victims of rape and sexual violence]
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Judith DeGroat
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Subfusc
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Go read this. I've seen him talk and read his book (Those They Called Idiots: The Idea of the Disabled Mind from 1700 to the Present Day). Incredible stuff on learning disabled folk in history that's a vital perspective on thier place in today's world.
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How did people with learning disabilities live before the asylum? Simon Jarrett interrogates the assumption that this community has always been hidden from mainstream society. The latest article in HW's Reimagining Disability series:
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Cassidy Percoco
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I only just got the chance to read this fully - an excellent article.
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Thanks for the feedback Isaac. We always seek to make history as accessible and engaging as possible to the widest audience - especially explaining specialist terms! We've now added a link to the term 'subaltern' so that readers can find more information.
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What can subaltern telegraph workers tell us about empire and its technologies? Sebastian James Rose looks at the agency of labour in our latest article. 🗃️
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Mata Hari (1876-1917) worked as a dancer, a sex worker and later an intelligence agent. How does her story help us to understand the complexities of assessing women's victimhood and agency? Julie Wheelwright explores in our new article.
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Mata Hari (1876-1917) worked as a dancer, a sex worker and later an intelligence agent. How does her story help us to understand the complexities of assessing women's victimhood and agency? Julie Wheelwright explores in our new article.
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Christina Riggs
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To find out more about the adventure playground movement, Ben's longer article is currently available open access in our latest issue of History Workshop Journal 👇
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How can playgrounds be part of a spatial justice movement aimed at children and young people from all walks of life? In our latest article, Ben Highmore explores the radical possibilities of the playground.
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To find out more about the adventure playground movement, Ben's longer article is currently available open access in our latest issue of History Workshop Journal 👇
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How can playgrounds be part of a spatial justice movement aimed at children and young people from all walks of life? In our latest article, Ben Highmore explores the radical possibilities of the playground.
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kalramnath
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I reviewed Ria Kapoor's @riakapoor.bsky.social brilliant Making Refugees in India for History Workshop Journal @historywo.bsky.social :
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The newest issue of History Workshop Journal is hot off the press
Read it here
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With a special feature on Sri Lanka, plus articles on Cold War motorcycles, 'the telegraph from below' & experimental playgrounds 🗃️
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As we approach the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, we take a fresh look at the relationship between queer life and psychiatric power.
In this week's podcast, we talk to Regina Kunzel on her book In the Shadow of Diagnosis.
historyworkshop.org.uk/podcast/in-t...
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Vivien Chan
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Kicking off the #designhistory feed, plugging some recent @historywo.bsky.social posts - we have a HUGE archive of Radical Objects to peruse, including some recent pieces on magazines, pots and pans, tools and medieval prosthetics! www.historyworkshop.org.uk/archive/?_se...
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Kate Armstrong
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This. Is. Fascinating.
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How can 'oral' history be used to capture Deaf and disabled people's experiences? Kirstie Stage considers how this method challenges the parameters of Deaf and disability histories and widens the scope of historical research.
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How might the historical and political stories in children's magazines portray different ideas of 'Chineseness' in the 1960s? Allan Pang explores the diverse and conflicting depictions of Chinese and world history in transregional children's magazines.
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How do we research, teach and communicate disability history and heritage?
In this new podcast Editorial Fellow Beckie Rutherford speaks to members of the UK Disability History and Heritage Hub about the growing popularity of #DisHist. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/podcast/uk-d...
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What can a low-budget 1940s B-film tell us about the global Second World War and the overlooked role women played in transnational resistance?
Helena Lopes explores the B-movies of Anna May Wong.
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How can we identify disability in the ancient world and what does this mean for our history writing?
Alexandra F. Morris (@disabledarchaeo.bsky.social) explores the evidence that disabled people existed, thrived and were incorporated into society in ancient Egypt.
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How can we identify disability in the ancient world and what does this mean for our history writing?
Alexandra F. Morris (@disabledarchaeo.bsky.social) explores the evidence that disabled people existed, thrived and were incorporated into society in ancient Egypt.
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Eric Brandom
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This is a great short piece about Thompson. Need to find that review on Wollstonecraft. Still have vivid memories of a room full of German social historians freaking out about Scott's critique of Thompson, which they thought was totally absurd.
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How did the rise of feminist history influence one of the most celebrated writers of British working-class history? In this new article, Barbara Taylor reflects on E.P Thompson’s approach to the ‘Woman Problem’.
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How did the rise of feminist history influence one of the most celebrated writers of British working-class history? In this new article, Barbara Taylor reflects on E.P Thompson’s approach to the ‘Woman Problem’.
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Rachel Moss
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Really interesting work here!
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Eurovision 2024 is facing renewed calls for boycott because of Israel’s participation amidst its war on Gaza.
Catherine Baker reflects - is there such a thing as a radical history of the song contest, and what would that look like?
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How was the rise of human rights as an international movement experienced by activists? Where were the limits seen to lie in the visions of 1970s human rights organisations? Michelle Carmody on Mongo Beti & Amnesty International.
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Christina Riggs
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Essential read from my excellent Durham colleague Jonathan Saha, on #racism and backlash since the 2018 Royal Historical Society report on racial inequalities in UK history departments - with wisdom on how to keep doing the work. 🗃️ @historywo.bsky.social
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Our latest podcast explores Natasha Walter's family memoir Before the Light Fades. Marybeth Hamilton and Andrew Whitehead met with Natasha to discuss what these stories tell us about resistance, activism and solidarity. [CN: suicide]
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Our latest podcast explores Natasha Walter's family memoir Before the Light Fades. Marybeth Hamilton and Andrew Whitehead met with Natasha to discuss what these stories tell us about resistance, activism and solidarity. [CN: suicide]
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How can oral history interviews between different generations of LGBTQ+ people aid our understanding of the ongoing impact of Section 28? Researchers at the University of Exeter investigated alongside a team of LGBTQ+ participants in the South West.
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How can oral history interviews between different generations of LGBTQ+ people aid our understanding of the ongoing impact of Section 28? Researchers at the University of Exeter investigated alongside a team of LGBTQ+ participants in the South West.
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'No one asked you...until now.'
How did citizens' assemblies and 'people power' contribute to the Northern Irish peace process?
Chris Caden explores the importance of public dialogue in Northern Ireland's past and present.
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"I felt that this future [of privatisation] was really underwhelming...so I was looking for a different one."
Last week on the podcast we spoke to May Robson on the experiences of making Now Here on BBCSounds.
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What is the future of common spaces & community gathering spots in the UK? How might we rethink our relationship with public space, the land, & each other? May Robson in conversation w/ Marybeth Hamilton, in the latest HW podcast episode:
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What could a decolonised healthcare system look like?
In this week’s HW article, Rachael Scally draws out the legacies of slavery of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, and the possibilities of decolonising Scottish NHS institutions.
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Albert Scharenberg
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In der neuen Folge des britischen «History Workshop Podcast»🎧bin ich zu Gast bei Marybeth Hamilton. Wir sprechen über «radical podcasting» – und natürlich über den Podcast #RosaluxHistory als Instrument der politischen Bildung. Hört rein @historywo.bsky.social: www.historyworkshop.org.uk.
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How can we disseminate radical history in a political climate where history is too often simplified, falsified, dismissed, or ignored? In this new episode, Marybeth Hamilton and Albert Scharenberg reflect on the radical potential of the podcast 🎙️
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How did passionate disagreements help to generate discussion within feminist periodicals? In this new article, Bec Wonders explores the collaborative nature of information activism within the Women in Print Movement.
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Vivien Chan
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What a pleasure it has to bring brilliant friends into the HW fold. This one by Dr Bec Wonders is an absolute treat!
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How did passionate disagreements help to generate discussion within feminist periodicals? In this new article, Bec Wonders explores the collaborative nature of information activism within the Women in Print Movement.
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How does the decolonisation of urban landscapes work in a postcolonial context?
Marie Ngiam explores the most recent streetscape contestation in Kuantan, Malaysia - the renaming of Jalan Wong Ah Jang, named for a significant 20th c. Chinese leader. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/public-space...
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