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Kendra Nydam – Historian Highlight
By Kendra Nydam, interviewed by Chris Campbell A new academic year brings with it a new editor for our Historian Highlights section and, as has become tradition, we introduce them to you through the form of an HH interview. Chris Campbell, the outgoing editor, sat down earlier in the summer with Kendra Nydam, a second-year…
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Professor Sir Richard J. Evans on History and the Public
by Janine Noack and Tiia Sahrakorpi On January 28th, 2014 Sir Richard J. Evans gave a Q&A session to Cambridge University MPhil and Ph.D students on what it has been like to work and research as a prominent historian in the digital age and earlier. Students sent in various questions about his career and how history has…
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Conference: ‘The Media in History and History in the Media’
by Janine Noack On March 21/22 the conference “The Media in History and History in the Media” took place Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College. Around 20 participants from European Universities discussed their research in the area of Media History and possibilities for historians to interact with the in different panels. The conference report will be published soon! David…
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“Teaching the lessons of the past through the music of the future”
By Richard Simpson From our earliest days on the long winding path to becoming historians we are taught adulterating source materials is an almost sacrilegious offence. But what would happen if we had never been taught this central tenet of our academic discipline?
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Period dramas and historical accuracy: “Mad Men”
by Florence Largillière As the first part of the last season of Mad Men comes to an end, it seemed a good opportunity to reflect on my interest for period dramas and historical fictions. For an historian, watching period TV shows and films can sometimes be irritating. Even though I know that they are not…
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