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
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?
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?
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 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?
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
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
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
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?
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…