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Category Archives: Study Skills
Five reasons to study for a degree in History
Are you thinking about studying History at degree level? A big question on your mind might be: ‘What can I actually do with a degree in History?’ At this time of year History staff are regularly asked this by prospective … Continue reading
Posted in African History, American history, Archives, Black History, Blogging, British history, Disability History, European History, French History, Gender History, German History, History skills, Irish History, LGBT History, Local History, Media history, Museums, Public History, Russian History, Study Skills, Teaching, Uncategorized, World History
Tagged Archives, blogging, British history, civic engagement, Explore Your Archive, Heritage, history, History skills, Local History, Public History, teaching
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Icing the Cake: A few tips on writing good History Dissertations
At this time of year, as we enter a new stage in the teaching cycle and Easter seems not too far away, many history undergrad students are working on, or perhaps are even close to a first draft of, their … Continue reading
History at Kingston blogsite featured in the Feedspot Top 25 Public History Blogs
We are very pleased to reveal that the History at Kingston blogsite, which first began operating in September, 2014, has earned some very welcome recognition for its contribution to the dissemination of historical knowledge across the internet. History at Kingston … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Black History, Blogging, British history, Conspiracy theory, Disability History, Gender History, Historiography, History of Nursing, History skills, Kingston, LGBT History, Local History, London history, Media history, Museums, Public History, Research, Study Skills, Surrey, Teaching, Uncategorized
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Five reasons to study for a degree in History
Are you still thinking about studying History at degree level? There is still time to register for one. Despite the seeming assault on History at a number of Higher Education Institutions in the UK, particularly in the post-92 Universities, various … Continue reading
Posted in African History, American history, Archives, Black History, Blogging, British history, Disability History, European History, French History, Gender History, German History, History skills, Irish History, LGBT History, Local History, Media history, Museums, Public History, Russian History, Study Skills, Teaching, Uncategorized, Women's history, World History
Tagged Archives, blogging, British history, civic engagement, Explore Your Archive, Heritage, history, History skills, Kingston University, LGBT History, Local History, Public History, World History
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The Value of the Past: How a Future Career can be shaped by a History Degree
At this time of the year, when students are thinking carefully about where to study and what type of degree to pursue, it is good to pause for breath and reflect briefly on the value of studying history and the … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, Blogging, British history, European History, Gender History, Historiography, Local History, Media history, Museums, Public History, Research, Study Skills, Teaching, Uncategorized, World History
Tagged Archives, civic engagement, Heritage, history, Kingston, Museums, Public History, teaching, World History
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Exploring Media History: my visit to the ‘Breaking the News’ exhibition
If you are historian or media studies specialist with an interest in the UK news media and it’s evolution over the centuries, or just have a more general research interest in the topic, you should pay a visit to the … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-fascism, Archives, British history, British Library, Events, Fascism, Historiography, History skills, London history, Media history, Museums, Public History, Research, Study Skills, Teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Archives, British history, civic engagement, Exhibitions, history, Media history, Newspapers, Public History, teaching
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The Falklands War of 1982 and the UK Media: some evidence from the 1980s
The death in 2020 of former civil servant and whistleblower Clive Ponting (1946-2020), reported briefly in the British press at the beginning of August, 2020, was a reminder that there was huge controversy over some of the policy decisions made … Continue reading
Posted in Archives, British history, Historiography, History of war, History skills, Media history, Public History, Research, Secret State, Study Skills, Teaching, The National Archives, World History
Tagged Archives, British history, Explore Your Archive, history, Public History, Research, Secret State, teaching, The National Archives, World History
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Good History blog posts: a few tips based on my own experience
For a number of years now I have been editing and managing a History blogpost site and, in that time – which has flown by really quickly – I have absorbed some valuable lessons about how (and not to!) write … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, civic engagement, history, History skills, Public History, Research, teaching
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From Russia With Hate: Looking back on Pamyat and other neo-fascists
Many moons ago, during the early 1990s, and not long after the surprise collapse of the Berlin Wall and Eastern Bloc Communism, I became increasingly interested in the emergence of far right groups in post-Soviet Russia, and – as a … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy theory, European History, Fascism, German History, Historiography, History skills, Public History, Research, Russian History, Study Skills, Teaching, Uncategorized, World History
Tagged European History, Far Right, Fascism, history, Memory, Public History, Research, Russian History, teaching, World History
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Icing the Cake: A few tips on writing good History Dissertations
At this time of year, as we enter a new stage in the teaching cycle and Easter seems not too far away, many history undergrad students are working on, or perhaps are even close to a first draft of, their … Continue reading
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