Taking place at the University of Freiburg from 7th to 9th February 2013, this year’s Swiss Congress of Historical Science will explore the impact of the local-global dichotomy in history and historical research.

Routledge History authors Francisca de Haan and Karen Offen will take to the stage on Saturday 9th February, bringing their wealth of experience on global feminist movements and women’s activism to a panel on “Balancing Local and Global Concerns in International Women's Organizations”. Join them from 3pm for papers on the Nederlandse Vrouwenbeweging, the Women's International Democratic Federation and the International Council of Women.

You can read more about the conference, and Francisca's and Karen’s papers here.

Francisca is the editor of Women’s Activism (Routledge, 2012),
Karen is the editor of Globalizing Feminisms, 1789-1945 (Routledge, 2009) and a contributor to Women’s Activism.

Tomorrow marks the 232nd anniversary of the Battle of Cowpens, site of a crucial American victory during the American Revolutionary War.

Cowpens National Battlefield, South Carolina will be hosting an anniversary celebration this coming weekend, 19-20 January 2013. Featuring living history encampments and lantern-lit walks, you can also join Routledge author Melissa A. Walker who will be reading from her newly published book, The Battles of Kings Mountain and Cowpens. Melissa will also be signing copies.

You can read more about the celebrations and Melissa’s reading here.
 

The holiday was actually entered into law in 1983, but first observed in 1986 and falls on the third Monday of January each year which is around King's actual birthday on 15th January.

If you're interested to read more, Martin Luther King by Peter J. Ling is an ideal introduction and is a part of our Routledge Historical Biographies series.

Author Bios

Dr Hilda Kean is former dean and director of public history at Ruskin college, Oxford where she established the first MA in Public History in Britain. Her books include London stories. Personal Lives, Public Histories and People and Their Pasts - Public History Today with Paul Ashton.

Dr Paul Martin was tutor in public history at Ruskin college, Oxford 1997-2012. He is currently a distance learning tutor with the School of Museum Studies, Leicester University. His books include Popular Collecting and the Everyday Self and The Trade Union Badge.

Praise for The Public History Reader

“Kean and Martin's volume will be invaluable for anyone interested in public history. It is characterised by its generous reach: it includes work and ideas from many countries; it stresses the diverse forms public history takes and the range of communities that actively participate in making it; it shows how it can be innovative and challenge settled assumptions about both the past and its representation. This book will help its readers think in an engaged yet critical manner about the processes and social practices underpinning public history, and its complex, sometimes disturbing resonances in everyday life, for example, when atrocities need to be recognised and understood. Hilda Kean and Paul Martin have provided an extremely useful point of access to one of the most lively and important parts of history today." - Ludmilla Jordanova, King's College London, UK

Further Reading

Visit Kean's website where her blog expands on issues of public history and you can read about Hilda's recent involvement in the campaign against the desrtruction of student files at Ruskin college.

Routledge Major Works WINTER BACKLIST OFFER! (from 12/12/12 – 12/3/13)

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This particular offer really shows the scope and range of Routledge Major Works-an essential reference teaching programme for your library.

"The book's strength exists in its author's extensive knowledge of African American intellectual history and familiarity with social scientific studies concerning African Americans." - Choice

You can also view inside the book to see extracts and a table of contents - Click here

Now in it's second editon, World History has been fully updated and revised to include lavish colour illustrations, maps and primary source excerpts. Divided into six parts: I Emergence (Human origins to 500 CE) II Order (1 CE-1500 CE) III Connections (500-1600 CE) IV Bridging Worlds (1300-1800 CE) V Transforming Lives (1500-1900) VI Forging a Global Community (1800- Present), each chapter begins with a timeline to provide context and ends with questions and annotated resources to assist students in their study.

To further aid study, a companion website supports World History with interactive timelines, study tips and skills, suggested links for further reading as well as additional material for instructors including PowerPoint slides, lecture material and discussion slides.

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The awarding committee made the following announcement:

"The selection committee very much appreciated the book’s wide scope, deep engagement with disability history and theory, and the ways Turner used archival sources both to make an overarching argument and reveal individual stories from both elites and the lower classes. Disability in Eighteenth-Century England weaved the ideas of popular culture and individual representation together in nuanced and often humorous, but always respectful, ways. Turner’s witty and very readable prose combined with his thorough analysis of archival material make Disability in Eighteenth-Century England as a must-read for students and specialists.”
 

For more information about David's book, please click here.

We will have these titles and more on display at SHEAR!

This textbook is available either as a single volume or as two separate volumes, offering added flexibility for instructors and students. In the two-volume version, Volume 1 covers the period from human origins to 1500 CE, while Volume 2 covers from 1500 to the present.

The companion website offers a range of resources, including:

• an interactive historical timeline
• an indispensable study skills section for students
• tips for teaching and learning thematically
• PowerPoint slides, lecture material and discussion questions in a password protected area for instructors

Providing a survey of colonial American history both regionally broad and "Atlantic" in coverage, Converging Worlds presents the most recent research in an accessible manner for undergraduate students. It is unique in providing not only a comprehensive chronological approach to colonial history, but also window into the relevant historiography. Converging Worlds covers key topics such as:

• French, Spanish, and Native American experiences
• regional areas such as the Midwest and Southwest
• religion including missions, witchcraft, and Protestants
• the experience of women and families.

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The companion primary source reader includes several documents selected by the authors to match each chapter. While the Sourcebook and course book make a perfectly integrated package, the Sourcebook also features general introductions and section introductions framing the documents, so students can easily use it on its own to explore the vast colonial world up close.

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"A House Divided fills a valuable niche in the market…it provides an engaging blend of political, social, and cultural history in a manageable page count." – Scott Stephan, Ball State University

In A House Divided, Jonathan Wells has distilled the American Civil War into understandable, easy-to-read sections, that allow students to grasp the essential themes of the period without being overwhelmed. Maps and illustrations help make sense of the battles and social, political, and cultural changes of the era.

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