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I had a Richard III bookmark before it was cool 13 Mar 2013 | 11:37 pm
It's true, I did. My Dad, who is a staunch supporter of Richard and convinced of his innocence in the matter of the Prince's in the tower, bought it for me a few months ago. While I remain somewhat sc...
History Graduated Education Programs Listing 12 Mar 2013 | 01:02 pm
The following link has been sent to us by the website PhDs.org and is a comprehensive and informative resource that systematically sorts out the available history graduate programs available today in ...
PhD = Problems hampering Deadlines? 21 Feb 2013 | 06:51 pm
Thesis-writing is a strange endeavour. You have one set deadline - if you're full-time, it is three years, or 1,095 days, after you start (we'll leave aside how set that deadline is, for the moment). ...
Is there a place for research ethics in pre-twentieth-century history? 18 Dec 2012 | 02:00 am
In doing my PhD, I have read many disparate and versatile sources, from account books to letters and diaries. I recently starting reading the personal diary of the overseer of the poor John Turner fro...
Suffragettes and the Tele 22 Nov 2012 | 01:25 am
Hanging on an unassuming wall in the National Portrait Gallery, there is a painting of an elderly woman. The neutral brown background to this piece creates an air of calm and the lady’s eyes are calm ...
What price suffrage? 19 Nov 2012 | 02:47 am
On 18 November 1872, exactly 140 years ago today, a US Deputy Marshal arrested a woman in Rochester, New York. Her crime? Casting a vote in the recent presidential election. Attempting to take a part ...
Sorry, but who's memory lane am I strolling down?? 16 Nov 2012 | 09:09 pm
Firstly - I apologise for the lack of formatting! Mac issues!!! One of the things I love about research is that sometimes, some concept or idea you're thinking about in connection with your thesis tra...
Manufacturing Pasts: Can Digital Resources Change History? 2 Nov 2012 | 04:03 am
A post from Gill... In response to Tom and Ben’s recent posts and ahead of Friday’s Lab on ‘Manufacturing Pasts’ I thought I’d add my tuppence worth to the digitisation debate! And, for those of who...
We Found Ants in a Hopeless Place 1 Nov 2012 | 02:36 am
Even in the short time I have been studying history, massive digitisation projects have completely revolutionised the way we research. From small university projects or huge efforts by national librar...
Archival Survival 4 Oct 2012 | 10:42 pm
In the last twelve months, as part of my PhD and its associated project, I’ve visited twelve archives and spent (I think) a total of 48 full days in them, as I try to do a 9-5 when I’m there. It would...
