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Shadows of the First World War: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Right to Privacy
by Catherine Katz Catherine Katz is an MPhil in Modern European History student at the University of Cambridge. In a recent Wall Street Journal article, historian…
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Why historians should learn how to code (at least a bit)
by Janine Noack Historians spend hours and hours in front of computer screens and paper sources from other centuries trying to create a cohesive narrative. Mostly we use Microsoft Word to write down our ideas and the internet to browse for information. But our computers can offer us way more than that. We may not always…
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British Identity in Fascist Italy
by Konstantin Wertelecki Konstantin Wertelecki is an MPhil student in Modern European History at the University of Cambridge. In June 1940, British citizens Mr. and Mrs. Waterfield drove to the Florence railway station, just in time to catch the last train to France before Italy declared war on Britain. Bizarrely, this was their second escape…
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Narratives and identity of defeat: Japanese former military elite officers after 1945
by Aiko Otsuka Aiko Otsuka is a Ph.D student in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Cambridge University. Recently in Japan, more war veterans have now started to tell stories about their atrocities from World War 2. Some Japanese war veterans have given lectures about the terrible crimes committed in Asia during…
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Beach reading for historians (or why simple writing makes your argument smarter)
by Marta Musso Summer reading is always tricky for young academics. On the one hand, the summer holidays are the perfect and unique time of the year to relax and read all the pleasant, light novels that you never have time for. On the other hand, summer is also the time to catch up with…
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