29 April 2009 – Teaching History in Deep Time – Two historians – Professor Peregrine Horden and Professor Penelope Corfield – and one geographer – Professor Clive Gamble – explore the relationship between ‘time’ and ‘History’ and how the study of History over long periods of time, or ‘Deep History’, can further an understanding the past. While present research clearly points to a shift in periodisation and classification, teaching History in ‘Deep Time’ is clearly something that has not yet entered the syllabus of undergraduate teaching. The discussion here proposes some practical models.
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Michael Mann – Explaining the Rise and Fall of Fascism
15 April 2009 – The Birkbeck-Wiener Library joint lecture series will continue with a lecture by Professor Michael Mann on ‘Explaining the Rise and Fall of Fascism’