'AIDS@30: Three Decades of Responding to HIV/AIDS' marks 30 years since the initial recognition of the epidemic, offering an opportunity for activists, health care professionals, and historians to reflect on their experiences - considering what new perspective(s) history can offer.
The book History, Historians & Development Policy: A Necessary Dialogue, co-authored by H&P partner Simon Szreter, Dr Michael Woolcock, Professor C.A. Bayly and Dr Vijayendra Rao, will be launched on Thursday 29 September 2011.
Becky Taylor, of Birkbeck College, looks at the reasons why Gypsies and Travellers have become more marginalised rather than less over the last century, in the context of the site at Dale Farm in Essex - and looks at the reasons behind social prejudices againt them.
Andrew Davies, of the University of Liverpool, puts David Cameron's comments about gang culture under the historical spotlight - looking at the nineteenth century story of gangs and asking what we can learn today.
History & Policy is seeking a dynamic and confident historian to help advance our relationship with Cabinet Office.
Pat Thane puts the case for historians' involvement in debate about current policy - arguing that, while they should stick to what they know, they have a vital role in bringing their expertise to bear on today's problems.
Angus Winchester, Matthew Smith and Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya reflect on their work and research in our 'Historians' Books' section - looking at the events leading up to the books and why their contents matter today.
Conservative politicians and trade unionists are not traditionally seen as being a comfortable fit, either now or in the past. But how much does the stereotype fit the reality and what is being done to try and build up new links?
H&P partner and co-founder Pat Thane has written in the Fabian Review and History Workshop.
A recent Guardian editorial praised academic involvement in Wikipedia and called for more of it - helping to make the free encyclopedia more reliable and making more people aware of the fruits of academic research.
Following on from our contribution to the Hargreaves review of IP, H&P co-funder Arcadia participated in a round table discussion on Open Access with David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science.
History & Policy is seeking a historian to research and devise a fellowship programme for historians to contribute to trade union educational provision in the UK. Deadline: Thursday 28 April 2011
67 historians, many of them H&P members, signed a letter to The Times (18 March) on the misuses of history in the AV debate, in response to a previous letter by 29 historians.
In the latest issue of the British Academy Review, Pat Thane reports on a forum held in June on the history of multiculturalism in London and the possible lessons for policy-makers.
H&P network historian Lucy Noakes was interviewed by CNN and Radio 4 to discuss the development of Remembrance Day over the last century.
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