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Launching #cycleofsongs, March 31 2014
by Janine Noack On Monday, March 31, historyworks.tv and Pilot Theatre invited #twitterstorians and various other local people from Cambridge who are involved in the Cycle of Songs project to its launch party. The Cycle of Songs is an attempt to bring together historians, poets, choirs, musicians, and other interested parties to create a festive, fun day…
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What papers won’t tell you: “The battle of Algiers”
By Marta Musso I would like to inaugurate film reviewing on DHP with “The battles of Algiers” by Gillo Pontecorvo, perhaps the most important film on terrorism and counter insurgency ever made. It tells the story of the Algerian war by focussing on the years 1956-1957, the period of guerrilla warfare in the capital.
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Five Do’s and Don’ts for Using Digital Newspapers
By Nathaniel Zelinsky Nathaniel Zelinsky is an MPhil student in Historical Studies at the University of Cambridge. Digitized newspaper databases are an increasingly popular resource for young students of history. It is easy to understand their appeal to the “Google” generation: from the comfort of your own bedroom, you can access countless primary sources without…
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Cultural Memory and the Finnish Civil War
by Tiia Sahrakorpi “Why are Finnish people constantly discussing World War II?” The Second World War is brought up by many elderly Finns in interviews concerning Russia’s actions today in relation to Finland. World War II still forms an important part of Finnish cultural memory and self-identification. However, the Finnish Civil War of 1918 does not have…
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The Media in History and History in the Media, 20th-21st March 2014 (Part 2)
by Alex Campsie Alex Campsie is a PhD student in modern British political and intellectual history at the University of Cambridge. The first half of the conference (read Part 1 here), stylishly opened by Professor David Reynolds and the able presenters of panel one, raised a number of important questions for further discussion. What are…
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