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Category Archives: Teaching
One of our highpoints of 2019: History at Kingston University achieved exceptional National Student Survey results
Looking back over the past year, one of our proudest moments came in mid-2019, as summed up in the following blog published at the time. The History undergraduate Degree at Kingston University has done exceptionally well in this year’s recently … Continue reading
Ronald Ray Gun? ‘Star Wars’ and the U.S. Presidency in historical perspective
Did American Republican President Ronald Reagan allow his deep love of movies to shape his perceptions of domestic and world politics? During his time in the White House, Reagan often peppered his speeches with references to the ‘Rambo’ and ‘Dirty … Continue reading
Posted in American history, Media history, Public History, Research, Teaching, Uncategorized, World History
Tagged American history, Film, history, Public History, World History
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Fuel to the Fire? The effect of Internment on ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland
Known by the name ‘Operation Demetrius’, a British Army operation led by RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) intelligence began in the early hours of 9th August, 1971, and saw the arrest of 342 people. More arrests were to come. In fact, … Continue reading
Restoring the past for the present: The case of Clandon Park House
Being a historian can open many interesting doors, sometimes in the most surprising ways. Just before it closed for the winter, I was recently invited by friends to visit an ambitious conservation and restoration project at Clandon Park House, which … Continue reading
Timeless: Our fascination with H.G. Wells remains as strong as ever
The new three-part BBC adaptation of the classic H.G. Wells sci-fi novel The War of the Worlds has led to a flurry of newspaper and internet articles on why we still love his rather timeless writings, but also on some of the deeper and … Continue reading
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Tagged Archives, blogging, British history, civic engagement, Heritage, history, Local History, Public History, Surrey
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Past and Present: Why studying History tells us who we really are
In 2017 the historian Sir David Cannadine, in his capacity as president of the British Academy, made a strong and very welcome defence of the study of his subject, pointing out that the academic investigation of the past is necessary … Continue reading
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Tagged Archives, British history, history, History skills, Memory, Research
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Mainstreaming Black Power in the USA in the 1960s and 70s: new research findings
As part of our celebration of Black History Month, HistoryatKingston looks back on a very successful talk that took place at Kingston University earlier this year on the mainstreaming of Black Power in the USA. It was a well-attended session in the ‘Cultural … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Black History, civic engagement, Cultural history, Events, history, Kingston, Kingston University, Memory, World History
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