Leigh Buchanan Bienen: Works
Academic website from Leigh Buchanan Bienen who has been based at Northwestern University School of Law and specialises in legal history. Provides information on her academic websites as well as books. Strong resources for US legal history and criminology.Resources are grouped together here and also available separately on other university websites.They include: The database also […]
Indigenous Studies Portal
The I-Portal: Indigenous Studies Portal was launched in 2006 at the University of Saskatchewan. Its primary focus is on indigenous peoples of Canada with a secondary focus on indigenous peoples of the United States, Australia, Aotearoa – New Zealand, and other areas of the world. There are now over 71,000 records many with free full […]
The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook
The Inclusive Historian’s Handbook is a free project co-sponsored by the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) and the National Council on Public History (NCPH).It provides practical US case studies on how to present exhibitions of archive and museum collections in a way that makes it relevant to the public. It emphasises EDI and […]
Ian Hislop’s Oldest Jokes
Playlist of Ian Hislop’s Oldest Jokes, in which Ian explores British history and culture by considering the national sense of humour. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January and February 2024.
Zines about Palestine
Zine Co-op collective have created an online collection of printable Palestine-related zines to print. You can download here.
Eighteenth-Century Political Participation & Electoral Culture
Eighteenth-Century Political Participation & Electoral Culture (ECPPEC)A project funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council to research how people participated in parliamentary elections in England in the period from 1695 to the Reform Act of 1832. It includes coverage of the role of women. It contains case studies of polling data and essays and […]
Nazi occupation
“Societies under German Occupation” Portal: a repository of documents related to German occupation during World War II which focuses on the experiences of ordinary citizens. It provides free access to over 600 documents all translated into English. They cover food shortages, forced labour and profiteering as well as Nazi rule and the Holocaust. Countries covered include […]
Anne Lister
Anne Lister Research Summit resources are now online. View resources including videos from the 2023 summit on the world of ‘Gentleman Jack’ Anne Lister. These cover queer theory and the lives of gay women in English history.
Festival of the accused
Videos or discussion and debate on the history of witch trials from a recent conference held at the British Library in November 2023.Included are Witch hunt: The brutal reality of the English Witch Trials and their resonance today, a debate on the history of persecution with Malcolm Gaskill, Marion Gibson and Shahidha Bari. Also available is […]
Black Lesbian and Gay Centre Digital resources
Free access via the Bishopsgate Institute to newsletters and publications from this London-based support group. The newsletters and other ephemera (including posters ) cover the period early 1980s to 2000. They therefore include perspectives on HIV/AIDS as well as Section 28. Also covered are social events organised by the intersectional gay community.
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