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The Global Challenges of Digital Newspapers
David Thackeray History Department, University of Exeter Follow on Twitter @d_thackeray Among the most frustrating experiences of my PhD were days spent scouring local newspapers at the ramshackle...
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12 Digital Research Suggestions for Dissertations on the History of Modern...
David Thackeray, Marc Palen and Richard Toye University of Exeter As 3rd-year students scramble to finish their dissertations and as 2nd-year students begin formulating topics for their own, it’s...
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This Week’s Top Picks in Imperial & Global History
“The Last Strike” (1912), Nedeljkovich, Brashich, and Kuharich / IWW, Cleveland (courtesy of Labadie Collection, University of Michigan) Marc-William Palen History Department, University of Exeter...
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Digital Research Tips for Dissertations in Imperial & Global History
Image from Journal of a Residence in the Burmhan Empire, and more particularly at the Court of Amarapoorah [Edited by H. C. M. Cox.], p. 328. Courtesy of the British Library on flickr. Marc-William...
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This Week’s Top Picks in Imperial & Global History
A bustling Galata Bridge in late-nineteenth-century Istanbul. Image courtesy of the Global Urban History Blog. Marc-William Palen History Department, University of Exeter Follow on Twitter @MWPalen...
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Imperial History and Film Culture
Screenshot from the BP-sponsored Nigerian documentary ‘Three Roads to Tomorrow’ (1958), available for viewing at the Colonial Film Project. David Thackeray University of Exeter What value do film...
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Amazing new digital archive of political maps for imperial and global historians
‘American Bases in the World‘ (1951), French Communist Party. Courtesy of the P.J. Mode Collection, Cornell Library. Marc-William Palen History Department, University of Exeter Follow on Twitter...
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These ‘Persuasive Maps’ Want You to Believe
Marc-William Palen History Department, University of Exeter Follow on Twitter @MWPalen A good omen for the new year? It’s a pleasure to see that our post from late last year exploring a wonderful new...
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First Annual USF/Exeter International History Graduate Student Workshop...
Dr Julia Irwin (USF) and Dr Marc-William Palen (Exeter) The pandemic has raised important questions and challenges for historical research in both domestic and international archives, which graduate...
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