History in Practice

Ludmilla Jordanova is Emeritus Professor of History and Visual Culture, Durham University, where she was Director of the Centre for Visual Arts and Culture 2015-19. She was previously Professor of Modern History, King’s College, London and Director of the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Cambridge. Her most recent books are The Look of the Past: Visual and Material Evidence in Historical Practice (2012) and Physicians and their Images (2018).

One of the last half-century's most insightful, level-headed, and humane reflections on the practice of history and its cultural significance.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsNote to ReadersIntroduction1. History in General2. Mapping the Discipline of History3. History in the Humanities4. History in the Social Sciences5. The Status of Historical Knowledge6. Periodisation7. Public History8. Historians’ Skills9. History in a Digital Age10. TrendsEndnotesBibliographyIndex