This summer, we were very lucky to be joined by four summer interns, funded by Northumbria University’s Widening Participation employability scheme and by the Department of Humanities. In the coming weeks, each of them will contribute to or project blog individually, but here they are introducing themselves! ALICE WILSON What do you study, and why […]
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How can we ethically work with sources in the digital realm? How do we meaningfully engage with online collections without stealing research, erasing community work, and mining histories which were only ever meant to be seen by a select few? With the rise of family history, increases in digitisation initiatives, and museums turning to digital
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Ever wondered what the term ‘digital ephemera’ might comprise? Our project Research Fellow Ann-Marie Foster sets out to answer this question. What are digital ephemera? There are two answers to this question. On the one hand there are born-digital ephemera – the word document I am typing this blog on, a pdf, or even a
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What do you do? I am Professor of Modern History and Memory Studies at the University of Exeter. I’m primarily interested in the history of 19th and 20th century conflict and empire, how they were experienced at the time, their societal and political ramifications, and how they are remembered and understood in the present day. Where do
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Dr Alexander Jackson has been a curator at the National Football Museum since 2011. For the last eight years, he has been researching and writing, Football’s Great War: Association Football on the English Home Front, 1914-1918, out now with Pen & Sword. He has written on various aspects of football history and has a particular
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The long shadow of the dead Split between national moments and localised activities, events organised during the centenary were often innovative and exciting. However, even at their most creative there was an ongoing tendency to reproduce commemorative and remembrance norms, particularly in the way that the focus has often fallen upon the dead rather than
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Introducing the First World War centenary in Britain Between 2014 and 2018, the United Kingdom entered a prolonged period of national commemoration and remembrance to mark the centenary of the First World War. The initial announcement for the centenary commemorations was made by the then Prime Minister, David Cameron at the Imperial War Museum in
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Who are you and what do you do? Hi, I’m Tony and I’m Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Northumbria. Where do you live? I live in rural Northumberland with my family and two dogs, a decrepit three-legged collie and a noisy, anxious cocker cross. Which interests, personal or professional, link you to this project?
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As February is LGBTQ+ History month we thought we’d ask Dr Kit Heyam a few questions about their groundbreaking work on trans possible history. Kit is a trans awareness trainer, heritage practitioner, writer and academic at Queen Mary, University of London, who co-created the highly popular #RainbowPlaque initiative. Their academic work has covered topics as
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Who are you and what do you do? Hello, my name is Ann-Marie (although my nickname, Annie, is used on this project because of the double-Ann-Marie confusion!). I’m a Research Fellow on the project, which means I get to spend my time going to archives, reading books, and writing. I’m the ephemera expert on the
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