History

Sociability, radium and the maintenance of scientific culture and authority in 20th century Ireland: a case study of the Royal Dublin Society

Adrian Kirwan | 13 Jan 2020

The discovery of radium in 1898 spurred a range of public, industrial and scientific reactions. The public were enthralled by this near mystical element. Its ability to produce its own energy soon gave rise to a ‘radium craze’ in which promises of its health-giving properties were prominent. A range of supposed radium-based products, such as creams and fortified water, were quickly on sale.

Projections of Desire and Design in Early Modern Caribbean Maps

Angela Sutton and Chaz Yingling | 12 Jan 2020

There is a unique pleasure that comes from being involved in research that exceeds the expertise of any single scholar. Perhaps every historian entertains ideas for such projects, yet demur when confronted with acquiring another language, familiarity with new archives or historiography, or proficiency in a different time period.

Appalachia and Laudato Si’: Developing the Connection between the Poor and the Environment

Jason King | 10 Dec 2019

In Laudato Si’, Pope Francis writes that the poor and the environment are connected. The poor suffer physically from environmental degradation and cry out along with the earth, and those with power must heed their cry. An examination of the Appalachian region and its people reveals that each of these three themes needs some development

How collections end: objects, meaning and loss in laboratories and museums

Boris Jardine, Emma Kowal and Jenny Bangham | 4 Dec 2019

The open access 2019 issue of BJHS Themes addresses the ‘endings’ of scientific collections, telling stories of dispersal, destruction, absorption, re-purposing and repatriation.

Food Studies and the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Megan Elias | 26 Nov 2019

The kind of research and development in commercial food products that began in this era has clearly shaped our world today, not just in the products that we expect to see on market shelves but in our continual anticipation that there will be new products soon and that they will be improvements on the old ones...

Politics in schoolgirl debating cultures in England, 1886-1914

Helen Sunderland | 14 Nov 2019

School debates are just one example of how the histories of education and childhood can shed light on political change.

Beyond the Berlin Wall

Contemporary European History Editors | 7 Nov 2019

A look through the Contemporary European History (CEH) archives shows that the journal has led the charge to reevaluate the meaning of 1989 and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The White Ant’s Burden

Rohan Deb Roy | 6 Nov 2019

My article explores the different meanings of termites, or white ants, for the British empire in India... and shows how South Asians in the 19th and 20th centuries themselves internalised the British imperial rhetoric of white ants to pursue their own distinct political agendas.

Reforming Food and Eating in Protestant England, c. 1560 – c. 1640

Eleanor Barnett |

In my article, I bring together theological tracts with those concerning diet (dietaries and regimens) to illuminate a printed discourse in which English Protestants sought to define a new relationship to everyday food and eating in light of the Reformation.

Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy in History

Mairi Maclean, Charles Harvey and Roy Suddaby | 29 Oct 2019

This special issue of Business History Review uses medieval, 19th century and 20th century examples to show that the union of entrepreneurship and philanthropy has a long history.

The ‘ideal’ diplomat: the role of Irish women at the League of Nations and United Nations, 1923-76

Ann Marie O’Brien | 28 Oct 2019

Using the League of Nations and United Nations as case studies, my article identifies the women involved in Irish diplomacy and the roles they undertook between 1923 and 1976.

World’s leading literary studies journal to be published by Cambridge University Press

John Clare | 7 Jan 2020

Cambridge University Press has reached an agreement with the Modern Language Association of America (MLA) to publish their flagship journal, PMLA.…