On digital contemporary history

Peter Webster is the author of a new article in a special issue of the leading Danish historical journal, Temp: Tidsskrift for historie on the subject of the Information Society. The article is entitled ‘Digital contemporary history: sources, tools, methods, issues’ This essay suggests that there has been a relative lack of digitally enabled historical … Continue reading On digital contemporary history

WR&C takes part in major historical digitisation project

Church, State and Nation in Britain, 1900-1939 is a three-year project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. It will create a freely available digital edition of the journals of Hensley Henson, bishop of Durham, famously trenchant public moralist and one of the greatest of English diarists. It is led by Dr Julia Stapleton … Continue reading WR&C takes part in major historical digitisation project

Research report: The Resilient Business

We’re very pleased to announce the publication of a new report, commissioned from WR&C by the Jubilee Centre, the Christian thinktank for social and economic ethics. It examines the recent history of a group of businesses, all founded with a Christian ethos, and the means that they have adopted to ensure that that ethos has … Continue reading Research report: The Resilient Business

WR&C takes part in new research network on born-digital data for history

We are delighted to announce that WR&C is among the main partners in a new AHRC-funded research network for ‘Born-digital big data and methods for history and the humanities’. Led by Professor Jane Winters (Institute of Historical Research) with Dr Tobias Blanke (King’s College London), the partners are the British Library, the National Archives, and … Continue reading WR&C takes part in new research network on born-digital data for history