Tag: book review

  • John Gibney, The Shadow of a Year: the 1641 Rebellion in Irish History & Memory (2013)

    John Gibney, The Shadow of a Year: the 1641 Rebellion in Irish History & Memory (2013)

    By Joan Redmond Northern Ireland and its troubled past has been in the news a lot in the past few months. First, there were the failed 2013 negotiations chaired by Richard Haass that aimed to deal with the legacy of the Troubles; in the past few weeks, controversy has again erupted over the collapse of…

  • Top 10 Nazi Cultural History Books

    Top 10 Nazi Cultural History Books

    by Tiia Sahrakorpi While there are a plethora of works on Nazis from every aspect ever, and no list can include everything, I’ve picked out my favourite books and the most useful books that I’ve used for my research at both a BA level and MPhil/MA level. These works are just starting-off points on Nazi…

  • Daniel Smail’s On Deep History and the Brain

    Daniel Smail’s On Deep History and the Brain

    By Julia Bourke Every history has a beginning. But if you were attempting to write a complete history of human beings, where would you choose to start? Daniel Smail attempts to answer this question in his book On Deep History and the Brain, which looks at history from a completely different perspective than a historian…

  • Editorial: Top history reads

    Editorial: Top history reads

    Inspiring historical writing brings our discipline alive. DHP editors Carys Brown, James Dowsett, Louise Moschetta, Tom Smith, and Alex Wakelam give their personal recommendations.

  • Book Review – Australianama: The South Asian Odyssey in Australia by Samia Khatun

    Book Review – Australianama: The South Asian Odyssey in Australia by Samia Khatun

    Mobeen Hussain (@amhuss27) reviews Samia Khatun’s Australianama (Hurst Publishers, December 2018, ISBN 9781849049696 £25.00) In Australianama, author and academic Samia Khatun skilfully weaves an intricate patchwork of hitherto unexplored connections between South Asia and Australia. I first heard about Australianama at an Islam and Print in South Asia Workshop at the British Library where Khatun…