Today sees the launch of “Politics Reconsidered”, a new research blog from the University of Warwick Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS). Alongside regular posts by our academics and PhD researchers, will also feature articles by academics from our partner institutions across the world to provide a global view of political issues. As digital media becomes the norm, we hope academics, policy makers and media will find our contributions relevant and useful in their own work.
This builds on an initiative launched a couple of years ago to share our thinking on a broad range of subjects in the field of politics and international studies. As a major department in a leading university, our scholars are some of the best in the world and positioned to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on world affairs grounded in academic research. This includes expertise within and across our major research clusters: Comparative Politics…
ld historians speak truth to power – and why does it matter? Why is five hundred years better than five months or five years as a planning horizon? And why is history – especially long-term history – so essential to understanding the multiple pasts which gave rise to our conflicted present? The History Manifesto is a call to arms to historians and everyone interested in the role of history in contemporary society. Leading historians David Armitage and Jo Guldi identify a recent shift back to longer-term narratives, following many decades of increasing specialization, which they argue is vital for the future of historical scholarship and how it is communicated. This provocative and thoughtful book makes an important intervention in the debate about the role of history and the humanities in a digital age. It will provoke discussion among policymakers, activists and entrepreneurs as well as ordinary listeners, viewers, readers, students and teachers.
