Cambridge Doing History in Public
@historyinpublic.bsky.social
A public history blog from the Cambridge History Faculty 🪶
We are thrilled to share more details about our forthcoming magazine! We are looking for written and visual submissions as well as several new members to join our dedicated team! See the attached posters below for more information!
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August 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We are thrilled to share more details about our forthcoming magazine! We are looking for written and visual submissions as well as several new members to join our dedicated team! See the attached posters below for more information!
(DM us for plain text versions of the posters)
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The Doing History in Public team is thrilled to announce our brand new Magazine, aptly titled Doing History in Public: The Magazine
July 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Doing History in Public team is thrilled to announce our brand new Magazine, aptly titled Doing History in Public: The Magazine
Up now on the blog!
Dr Stephanie Brown discusses bringing 'Courtroom to Classroom: Teaching with Old Bailey Online'
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=10032
Dr Stephanie Brown discusses bringing 'Courtroom to Classroom: Teaching with Old Bailey Online'
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Courtroom to Classroom: Teaching with Old Bailey Online
By Dr. Stephanie Brown (Bluesky: Old Bailey Online is a vast and searchable digital collection of nearly 200,000 trial accounts from London’s central criminal court from 1674 to 1913.1 A pioneer of…
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June 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Up now on the blog!
Dr Stephanie Brown discusses bringing 'Courtroom to Classroom: Teaching with Old Bailey Online'
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=10032
Dr Stephanie Brown discusses bringing 'Courtroom to Classroom: Teaching with Old Bailey Online'
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=10032
In case you're after a bit of light Sunday reading, check out our newest post on the blog from Joseph Opp on The Declaration of Independence and the American Constitutional Conversation, 1776-1861
Read more using the link below 👇👇👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=10009
Read more using the link below 👇👇👇
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The Declaration of Independence and the American Constitutional Conversation, 1776-1861
By Joseph Opp Every year, more than one million visitors queue for over an hour to enter the rotunda at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Under its imposing dome and two brilliant murals — …
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June 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
In case you're after a bit of light Sunday reading, check out our newest post on the blog from Joseph Opp on The Declaration of Independence and the American Constitutional Conversation, 1776-1861
Read more using the link below 👇👇👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=10009
Read more using the link below 👇👇👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=10009
In case yesterday's post wasn't enough, you can also check out last week's contribution to the blog! @YuetongLi_Doris writes about Friedrich Dahlmann: Germany’s Most Popular Historian before 1850
Learn more using the link below 👇👇👇👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/05/22/f...
Learn more using the link below 👇👇👇👇
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Friedrich Dahlmann: Germany’s Most Popular Historian before1850
By Yuetong Li (Twitter/X: @yuetongli_doris) Laeta viro gravitas et mentis amabile pondus. (A happy man has a gravity and a lovely weight of mind.) —— Anton Springer 1 Friedrich Christoph Dahl…
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May 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
In case yesterday's post wasn't enough, you can also check out last week's contribution to the blog! @YuetongLi_Doris writes about Friedrich Dahlmann: Germany’s Most Popular Historian before 1850
Learn more using the link below 👇👇👇👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/05/22/f...
Learn more using the link below 👇👇👇👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/05/22/f...
In case you missed it, our editor-in-chief @davidmartin8293.bsky.social has a new post up on the blog on 'Oddments of Imperium: St. Mark’s of Bangalore'
Read all about it using the link below:
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Read all about it using the link below:
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Oddments of Imperium: St. Mark’s of Bangalore
By David Martin (Bluesky: @davidmartin8293.bsky.social Substack: @davidmartin8293 A cathedral, the seat of a bishop, is normally an august building. From the gargoyle-studded Notre Dame de Paris to…
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May 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In case you missed it, our editor-in-chief @davidmartin8293.bsky.social has a new post up on the blog on 'Oddments of Imperium: St. Mark’s of Bangalore'
Read all about it using the link below:
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/05/29/o...
Read all about it using the link below:
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2024 marked the ten-year anniversary of the first published post on the Doing History in Public blog, making this year the start of DHP’s second decade of life!
May 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
2024 marked the ten-year anniversary of the first published post on the Doing History in Public blog, making this year the start of DHP’s second decade of life!
It's Thursday, which means a new post on the blog! Today, editor-in-chief David Martin ( @davidmartin8293.bsky.social ) shares his new post 'He Stoops to Globalise, or How a Church brought a World together'
Access David's article using the link below 👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9436
Access David's article using the link below 👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9436
He Stoops to Globalise, or How a Church came to House World History
David Martin (daim3@cam.ac.uk / Bluesky: @davidmartin8293.bsky.social) Nestled in the heart of the seventeenth-century Fort St. George, and barely visible through its verdure and petrous neighbours…
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March 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's Thursday, which means a new post on the blog! Today, editor-in-chief David Martin ( @davidmartin8293.bsky.social ) shares his new post 'He Stoops to Globalise, or How a Church brought a World together'
Access David's article using the link below 👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9436
Access David's article using the link below 👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9436
Be sure to check out our final Historian Highlight of term! This week, João Moreira da Silva talks about his research on the Portuguese Empire and its colonial legacies.
Read more on the blog using the link below 👇👇👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/03/10/h...
Read more on the blog using the link below 👇👇👇
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Historian Highlight – João Moreira da Silva
Historian Highlight is an ongoing series sharing the research experiences of historians in the History Faculty in Cambridge and beyond. In this instalment, Chris Campbell sat down with second-year …
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March 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Be sure to check out our final Historian Highlight of term! This week, João Moreira da Silva talks about his research on the Portuguese Empire and its colonial legacies.
Read more on the blog using the link below 👇👇👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/03/10/h...
Read more on the blog using the link below 👇👇👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/03/10/h...
This week, our editor in chief David Martin @davidmartin8293.bsky.social writes about the Andrean Postcolonial
You can read all about it using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9418
You can read all about it using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9418
March 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This week, our editor in chief David Martin @davidmartin8293.bsky.social writes about the Andrean Postcolonial
You can read all about it using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9418
You can read all about it using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9418
In case you missed it, we had two fabulous posts go live on the blog this week!
On Monday, we had a new Historian Highlight featuring 2nd-year PhD Student @emmaolson5.bsky.social , who talked all things soundscapes, religious violence, and medieval history!
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On Monday, we had a new Historian Highlight featuring 2nd-year PhD Student @emmaolson5.bsky.social , who talked all things soundscapes, religious violence, and medieval history!
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February 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
In case you missed it, we had two fabulous posts go live on the blog this week!
On Monday, we had a new Historian Highlight featuring 2nd-year PhD Student @emmaolson5.bsky.social , who talked all things soundscapes, religious violence, and medieval history!
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On Monday, we had a new Historian Highlight featuring 2nd-year PhD Student @emmaolson5.bsky.social , who talked all things soundscapes, religious violence, and medieval history!
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This week, Andreas Nabil Younan documents ‘the Golden Age of Oppositional Politics in 1970s Egypt’
Read all about it on the blog using the link below 👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/02/20/l...
Read all about it on the blog using the link below 👇
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Let the Minutes Speak: Documenting the Golden Age of Oppositional Politics in 1970s Egypt
By Andreas Nabil Younan (any21@cam.ac.uk) How does one write the political history of an authoritarian regime, where access tostate documents is restricted for national security reasons and censors…
doinghistoryinpublic.org
February 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This week, Andreas Nabil Younan documents ‘the Golden Age of Oppositional Politics in 1970s Egypt’
Read all about it on the blog using the link below 👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/02/20/l...
Read all about it on the blog using the link below 👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/02/20/l...
We are thrilled to be opening up submissions for blog posts for Easter Term! Get in touch if you have any questions!
February 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We are thrilled to be opening up submissions for blog posts for Easter Term! Get in touch if you have any questions!
In case you missed it, yesterday’s blog post was the last of our three collaborative posts with the Global History Lab and Elvira Tamus discussing ‘How Imperialism and Colonialism Affect Student Politics’
Read more on the blog:
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9382
Read more on the blog:
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9382
February 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
In case you missed it, yesterday’s blog post was the last of our three collaborative posts with the Global History Lab and Elvira Tamus discussing ‘How Imperialism and Colonialism Affect Student Politics’
Read more on the blog:
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9382
Read more on the blog:
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9382
This week, in our second collaborative post with the Global History Lab Elvira Tamus and her students discuss ‘Student Protests Around the World’! You can read more on the blog using the link below 👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9367
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9367
February 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This week, in our second collaborative post with the Global History Lab Elvira Tamus and her students discuss ‘Student Protests Around the World’! You can read more on the blog using the link below 👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9367
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9367
This week kicks off a special series of blog posts on the Global History Lab, the first in three written by groups of international undergraduates, facilitated by Elvira Tamus. Students this week comment on ‘Echoes of communism: A cross-cultural reflection’
January 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This week kicks off a special series of blog posts on the Global History Lab, the first in three written by groups of international undergraduates, facilitated by Elvira Tamus. Students this week comment on ‘Echoes of communism: A cross-cultural reflection’
Our first Historian Highlight of term is out now! PhD student Molly Groarke about her research on the British Empire in the nineteenth century, with a particular focus on the Aclands family of Killerton. Read all about it on the blog using the link below!
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doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/01/27/m...
Molly Groarke – Historian Highlight
Historian Highlight is an ongoing series sharing the research experiences of historians in the History Faculty in Cambridge and beyond. In this instalment, Chris Campbell sat down with second-year …
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January 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Our first Historian Highlight of term is out now! PhD student Molly Groarke about her research on the British Empire in the nineteenth century, with a particular focus on the Aclands family of Killerton. Read all about it on the blog using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/01/27/m...
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/01/27/m...
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Thank you, @historyinpublic.bsky.social, for publishing (a shorter version of) my lecture for the symposium ‘Sounding the Spaces of Historical Experience: Remapping the Cinema of the Holocaust’ at @llc-rhul.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social last year: doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/01/23/i....
We're kicking off the new term with a bang! Be sure to read this week's fabulous post from Sietske van der Veen 'Imagining Jewish Topographies in Occupied City'
Read more on the blog using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/01/23/i...
Read more on the blog using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/01/23/i...
Imagining Jewish Topographies in Occupied City
By Sietske van der Veen ( Twitter/X: @SBvanderVeen; Bluesky: @sbvanderveen.bsky.social) The documentary Occupied City (De bezette stad,2023) contrasts everyday life in Amsterdam’s cityscape today, …
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January 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Thank you, @historyinpublic.bsky.social, for publishing (a shorter version of) my lecture for the symposium ‘Sounding the Spaces of Historical Experience: Remapping the Cinema of the Holocaust’ at @llc-rhul.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social last year: doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/01/23/i....
We're kicking off the new term with a bang! Be sure to read this week's fabulous post from Sietske van der Veen 'Imagining Jewish Topographies in Occupied City'
Read more on the blog using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/01/23/i...
Read more on the blog using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/01/23/i...
Imagining Jewish Topographies in Occupied City
By Sietske van der Veen ( Twitter/X: @SBvanderVeen; Bluesky: @sbvanderveen.bsky.social) The documentary Occupied City (De bezette stad,2023) contrasts everyday life in Amsterdam’s cityscape today, …
doinghistoryinpublic.org
January 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We're kicking off the new term with a bang! Be sure to read this week's fabulous post from Sietske van der Veen 'Imagining Jewish Topographies in Occupied City'
Read more on the blog using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/01/23/i...
Read more on the blog using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/01/23/i...
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In case you missed the latest discoveries of a private bathhouse and occupants of a house in #Pompeii
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Pompeii: Spectacular new discoveries unearthed include private spa
A huge private bathhouse is found after lying hidden for 2,000 years under volcanic rock and ash.
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January 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
In case you missed the latest discoveries of a private bathhouse and occupants of a house in #Pompeii
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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#OnThisDay in 1778 Captain Cook becomes the first European to land on #Hawaii.
As revolutions swept across Europe, the Pacific world also witnessed dramatic changes
🔓 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟳 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀
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As revolutions swept across Europe, the Pacific world also witnessed dramatic changes
🔓 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟳 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀
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Kings of the Pacific in an Age of Revolution
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January 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#OnThisDay in 1778 Captain Cook becomes the first European to land on #Hawaii.
As revolutions swept across Europe, the Pacific world also witnessed dramatic changes
🔓 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟳 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀
buff.ly/3WrY7iy
As revolutions swept across Europe, the Pacific world also witnessed dramatic changes
🔓 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟳 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀
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Working with Doing History in Public was one of the highlights of my PhD - if you're looking for smart, fun public history writing from postgraduate students, there's really nothing like it.
Welcome to the official BlueSky for the Cambridge Doing History in Public Blog - We are a postgraduate run blog attempting to bring accessible and engaging history to the public!
You can check out our posts using the link here: doinghistoryinpublic.org
You can check out our posts using the link here: doinghistoryinpublic.org
Doing History in Public
doinghistoryinpublic.org
January 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Working with Doing History in Public was one of the highlights of my PhD - if you're looking for smart, fun public history writing from postgraduate students, there's really nothing like it.
Welcome to the official BlueSky for the Cambridge Doing History in Public Blog - We are a postgraduate run blog attempting to bring accessible and engaging history to the public!
You can check out our posts using the link here: doinghistoryinpublic.org
You can check out our posts using the link here: doinghistoryinpublic.org
Doing History in Public
doinghistoryinpublic.org
January 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Welcome to the official BlueSky for the Cambridge Doing History in Public Blog - We are a postgraduate run blog attempting to bring accessible and engaging history to the public!
You can check out our posts using the link here: doinghistoryinpublic.org
You can check out our posts using the link here: doinghistoryinpublic.org