Doing History

Mark Donnelly is Associate Professor at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London, UK. He writes about history theory, public history and collective memory. He co-edited Mad Dogs and Englishness: Popular Music and English Identities (2017). He also co-wrote Liberating Histories (2019) with Claire Norton.Claire Norton is Associate Professor at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London, UK. She is interested in how past-talk is used to articulate, legitimise ad challenge identities, institutions and political discourses. She has written books on Ottoman manuscript textualities, Islamic-Christian interactions in the early-modern world and history theory.

"Doing History reflects the deep partnership Mark Donnelly and Claire Norton have brokered between history in universities and schools, and in the wider community. This partnership tugs and shapes theory and practice in ways that sparks powerful new ideas and forms of action."Marnie Hughes-Warrington, University of South Australia, Australia

• Part 1: What is History? 1. Introduction 2. Pre-Modern Historians on History 3. Academic History Part 2: What Historians Do 4. Using Sources 5. Creating Historical Knowledge 6. Writing Histories. Historical Interpretations and Imagination Part 3: Whose History? 7. The Power of History 8. Histories from Another Perspective 9. Popular History Part 4: History Today 10. Public History 11. Liberating History Bibliography