Category Archives: Teaching

Between Antiquity and Nature: The Gendered Politics of the French Revolution and Wollstonecraft in Norway

Posted on September 16, 2017 by

Dr. Marisa Linton, Associate Professor in History at Kingston University and one of Britain’s leading experts on the French Revolution, recently gave an invited keynote lecture for the meeting of the Norwegian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, which was held at … Continue reading →

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New Study of Stalin’s ‘War’ on Ukraine

Posted on September 5, 2017 by

A major new study of one of the most murderous episodes in Joseph Stalin’s time as dictator of Soviet Russia, entitled Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine (Allen Lane, 2017), offers new perspectives on the still relatively under-researched ‘Holodomor’ (the Ukraine word for … Continue reading →

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History as Heritage: UK’s War Memorial Trust celebrates its 20th birthday

Posted on July 27, 2017 by

As a historian, I have long been fascinated by memorials of all kinds, including the many war memorials that can be found in numerous towns and villages and other locations across the United Kingdom. On many occasions, when visiting some … Continue reading →

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Fifth Column Fears in Kingston, 1939-1940: A Brief Survey

Posted on June 22, 2017 by

A few years ago I carried out some research on wartime fears about ‘Fifth Column’ activities in Richmond-on-Thames, Surrey, and the extraordinary degree of paranoia that gripped some of the local townspeople at the time about the possible activities of … Continue reading →

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Beer and Kingston: The Surrey town’s long history of brewing

Posted on June 14, 2017 by

Sometimes historical research can be an arduous business. Research for this blog post necessitated extensive field work, initially at Kingston Workingmen’s Club and Institute, venue for the Surrey town’s annual beer and cider festival, held each May. The festival is … Continue reading →

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Did History undermine Le Pen? Some brief thoughts

Posted on May 10, 2017 by

Did history and memory of the past play a key role in undermining the French far right last weekend? There was certainly a huge sigh of relief across Europe when it became clear last Sunday (7th May, 2017) that Marine … Continue reading →

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