History: Recent submissions
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Postapartheid Ephemerality in Marlene van Niekerk's Triomf
(Indiana University Press, 12 July 2021)In the wake of the Fees Must Fall movements in south Africa, Nelson Mandela’s invocation of the “Rainbow Nation” in his 1994 inaugural presidential address was subject to renewed criticism. this essay considers how, from ... -
Britain’s European Island-Empire, 1793–1815
(Oxford University Press, 17 June 2021)This chapter explores the creation and maintenance of Britain’s European island empire during the wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France. It traces the initial establishment of island bases in the Mediterranean, ... -
The War at Sea: Trafalgar and Beyond
(Cambridge University Press, 20 December 2022)This chapter argues that the conflict at sea was an important and frequently overlooked part of the Napoleonic Wars. Focusing primarily on the Royal Navy and French maritime forces, but also mentioning the navies of Spain, ... -
The birth of naval history: audience and objectivity in British eighteenth-century historical writing
(Oxford University Press, 2021)During the early decades of the eighteenth century the first general naval histories were published in Britain. Individuals from a range of backgrounds claimed ownership of this new and burgeoning subject, all professing ... -
‘Why should not citadels become academies?’: transatlantic tercentenaries, higher education, and local pasts in Britain after the First World War
(Wiley / Historical Association, 14 September 2021)This article examines two transatlantic tercentenaries that took place around the end of the First World War: that of the execution of Sir Walter Raleigh (1918) and that of the sailing of the Mayflower (1920). By sheer ...