History in 2021, with Helen Carr and Suzannah Lipscomb
Public historians Helen Carr and Suzannah Lipscomb explore how we should make sense of studying the past in 2021.
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Show Notes
Sixty years ago EH Carr’s groundbreaking book, What is History?, explored how we should study the past. Now his great-granddaughter, Helen Carr, has teamed up with Suzannah Lipscomb to edit a new volume, What is History, Now?. Here, they discuss the importance and challenges of writing history in the 21st century.
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