Policy Papers
Mass Observation and Political Engagement in Britain
Low turnout in the 2024 General Election and other signs of voter disengagement from politics pose serious challenges for the UK’s democratic system. To meet these, this policy paper argues, we need a better understanding of the emotional atmospheres in which politics is lived. It suggests that Mass Observation, founded in the 1930s, offers both the ethos and the tools to provide this.
New Developments in “Old” Adoptions from Greece: When the Future Finally Catches up with the Past: To ανεπιθύμητο τάγμα is no more
Opinion Articles
The tragedy of the repeated history in Britain of austerity causing mortality
There has been much discussion over the impact since 2010 of austerity and in particular the two-child limit on child poverty and health. Historians have now measured the health effects of the first Westminster-imposed austerity programme of severe cuts to child allowances. This was when the New Poor Law of the workhouse was launched in 1834. The impact on child mortality is revealed and it is shocking.
At a time of crisis for the profession, a unique collection of interviews demonstrates the importance of history.
At a time of crisis for the History departments across the UK, the Institute of Historical Research has made available a unique archive of interviews with some of the profession’s leading post-war British scholars. Their reflections provide valuable evidence for importance of the discipline and the urgent need not only to defend it but to disseminate its values across society.
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New collection of articles based on History & Policy seminar series
A collection of papers based on our seminar series in partnership with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Historians on official history has been published in a special edition of the refereed journal ‘Diplomacy and Statecraft’.
An important new collection of policy-relevant historical articles
Over the previous year, the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure (Campop) has been publishing a series of blog articles to mark the 60th anniversary of its foundation in 1964. They illustrate the rich legacy of Campop’s work and the urgent relevance of history to the policy process.
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