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Written by Catherine Armstrong

Dr Catherine Armstrong is a Senior Lecturer in History at Manchester Metropolitan University, specialising in North American History. She is a former teaching fellow in History at the University of Warwick and Oxford Brookes University. Catherine was also Director of Historical Studies in the Open Studies department at the University of Warwick. Her first book ‘Writing North America in the Seventeenth Century’ was published by Ashgate in June 2007. As a long-time jobseeker for an academic role herself, Catherine is in a unique position to understand and offer her knowledge and experience to those developing an academic career.

    Teaching censorship: a useful resource

    September 12, 2011 by Catherine Armstrong

    Students always really enjoy learning about censorship, probably because we all like to explore the forbidden and the naughty! But studying censorship is an excellent way of learning about cultural…

    The experience of non-whites in Europe

    August 30, 2011 by Catherine Armstrong

    As scholars of North America, we are aware that including the histories of non-whites is an important part of the narrative we convey to our students. As an interesting counter-point…

    New Economic History?

    August 14, 2011 by Catherine Armstrong

    The British Group in Early American History are having their annual conference in Kent next month and the subject chosen for discussion this year is Economies and Culture in the…

    Survey courses: what is the priority?

    August 8, 2011 by Catherine Armstrong

    This is the time of year when academics begin revising their courses to get the teaching materials loaded on to VLEs or handbooks off to the printer. I teach a…

    Let the conferencing begin!

    July 18, 2011 by Catherine Armstrong

    July definitely seems to be conference season and many academics, including me, are packing their bags to spend a few days in the unusual environment of the academic conference. Some…

    History or American Studies?

    July 11, 2011 by Catherine Armstrong

    A small letter in the Review section of the Sunday Times this week discussed a matter pertinent to Americanists. A parent wrote in asking whether a History degree or an…

    Best History Sites internet hub

    June 27, 2011 by Catherine Armstrong

    With so many wonderful resources online, it can be a challenge to find and keep the links all in one place, but for historians and students of history, one site…

    Teaching Lynching using the Visual Image

    June 21, 2011 by Catherine Armstrong

    For the last couple of years I have taught a 3rd year unit on twentieth century cultural history and one of the topics that the students always ‘enjoy’ (if that’s…

    Interview tips webinar

    June 6, 2011 by Catherine Armstrong

    If you are job hunting at the moment, you are facing a very competitive job market with few opportunities. So, you need all the help you can get to make…

    Colonial America: the forgotten Americanists?

    May 23, 2011 by Catherine Armstrong

    In my teaching I am an American history generalist, meaning that I might be called on to teach everything from Columbus to the Civil War to Civil Rights, so I…

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