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What Not to Wear: The Importance of Women’s Fashion in the Eighteenth Century and Today
By Matilda Embling Women and fashion are often explicitly linked. One only has to consider the media coverage of the new Duchess of Sussex to uncover how frequently a woman’s identity is equated to, or even entirely subsumed by, the clothing she wears. In a recent Guardian article , the more conservative muted wardrobe she…
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Breaking down barriers: are political thought history and public history irreconcilable?
By Zoe Alipranti (@ZAlipranti) Making historical subjects accessible to a wider audience is an important part of public history. Some public history writers target readers seeking to escape everyday life by immersing themselves in the fascinating stories of the past. Works on the history of political thought might not be an obvious choice here. Tales of medieval chivalry,…
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Blogging for Researchers: training sessions with Cambridge Digital Humanities
Doing History in Public has teamed up with Cambridge Digital Humanities to give two training sessions on blogging for researchers as part of this term’s Learning Programme. The training sessions are open to PhD students and staff at the University of Cambridge. Find out about how to use blogging in your research, the benefits and…
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Doing Family History from Byzantium through Today
By Ana Núñez (@anac4_nunez) The Byzantine princess Anna Komnene (1083-1153) appears to have been a most devoted daughter. The first-born of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos (r.1081-1118), Anna took it upon herself to continue the work started by her late husband, Nikephoros Bryennios, and write a history (The Alexiad) of her father’s eventful…
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Some advice for people embarking on their PhD
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