The Oral History Reader, now in its third edition, is a comprehensive, international anthology
combining major,'classic'articles with cutting-edge pieces on the theory, method and use of …

Empathy and the Historical Understanding of the Human Past is a comprehensive
consideration of the role of empathy in historical knowledge, informed by the literature on …

This book was conceived following the research done by Kalina Stamenova in the course of
a PhD at the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies (CPS; now the Department of Psychosocial …

" An Equal Burden forms the first scholarly study of the Army Medical Services in the First
World War to focus on the roles and experiences of the men of the ranks of the Royal Army …

Oral historians are regularly faced with interviewees who express distressing emotions while
recalling past events. How do we interpret these emotions? What is their historical meaning …

This article explores the use of empathy in historical research. Using evidence collected
from a number of academic historians working in UK higher education institutions in 2022 …

This paper has 2 objectives, namely to map the problems of history learning in post-conflict
societies in an effort to promote peace and to offer applicable solutions. The research …

The history of emotions has been one of the most prominent historical'turns' of recent years,
yet oral historians have been working with emotions for decades. In this article I explore how …

CO-OPTATION LIES AT the heart of authoritarian politics. For rulers, it is one of a handful of
bedrock survival strategies: regimes bring their opponents into the political fold as a way of …

All researchers have stories to tell about why they chose to research particular topics. In
some cases, there is a direct and uncomplicated link between personal experience and …