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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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Our first issue, ‘Let Down Your Long Hair’ builds on DHP’s commitment to make History accessible to the wider public and highlight overlooked areas.

Watch this space for more information on submitting to the Magazine, or joining the team. We can’t wait to begin this next chapter with you all! ✨

Brown poster saying Coming Soon featuring a graphic image of Rapunzels Tower

The Doing History in Public team is thrilled to announce our brand new Magazine, aptly titled Doing History in Public: The Magazine

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…

Up now on the blog!

Dr Stephanie Brown discusses bringing 'Courtroom to Classroom: Teaching with Old Bailey Online'

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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 — …

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

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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…

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 👇👇👇👇
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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…

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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If you would like to contribute to the blog, please send your proposals of around 100 words and a short bio of about 50 words to doinghistoryinpublic@gmail.com. If you have any queries, feel free to drop a message to daim3@cam.ac.uk

— we welcome proposals for new articles, both short- (~900 words) and long- (~2000 words) form, or interviews over the course of the next four months

Some keen observers among you may also notice that there’s something else cooking on the website. For now, suffice it to say that we have changed our article submissions format to a
rolling timeline

In honour of this landmark, DHP has been given something of a facelift. We here at the blog are proud to welcome you to our fully renovated and updated home!

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!

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…

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

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 …

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.

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You’re the boss, boss. I say go for it 🫡

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

Emma Olson – Historian Highlight Historian Highlight is an ongoing series sharing the research experiences of historians in the History Faculty in Cambridge and beyond. Earlier this month, Chris Campbell met up with second-year Hi…

You can read Emma's interview on the blog here:
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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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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…

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 👇

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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:
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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

Echoes of communism: A cross-cultural reflection By Emilia Dworak, Mariasole Fusco, Artemii Grigorev, Zofia Idalia Torchała, and Alice Zambardino (@globalhistorylab) Introduction by Elvira Viktória Tamus (@evtamus; evt27@cam.ac.uk), Teaching Fell…

You can read more on the blog using the link below 👇

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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’

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 …

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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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....

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, …

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!
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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.

In case you missed the latest discoveries of a private bathhouse and occupants of a house in #Pompeii
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Kings of the Pacific in an Age of Revolution

#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

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