ArthurJChapman
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
Prof History Ed & Head of Department Curriculum Pedagogy & Assessment @ UCL’s Institute of Education. Editor HistEd Research Journal & International Rev of HistEd. Vice-Chair OHTE SAC. FRHistS. FHA. Member HEIRNET Board. Blog: thecamelsback.org. Own views.
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Honoured to be elected Vice-Chair of the Observatory on History Teaching in Europe’s Scientific Advisory Committee today. Looking forward to our work together! #OHTE @ioe.bsky.social #HistoryEducarion www.coe.int/en/web/obser...
Thank you @marnieh-w.bsky.social for sending through a copy of this remarkable book exploring history-making and GenAI.
Looking forward to re-reading it!
Open access at this link: www.routledge.com/Artificial-H...
#historyeducation
Looking forward to re-reading it!
Open access at this link: www.routledge.com/Artificial-H...
#historyeducation
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Thank you @marnieh-w.bsky.social for sending through a copy of this remarkable book exploring history-making and GenAI.
Looking forward to re-reading it!
Open access at this link: www.routledge.com/Artificial-H...
#historyeducation
Looking forward to re-reading it!
Open access at this link: www.routledge.com/Artificial-H...
#historyeducation
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This article should be read by every teacher of history. A powerful analysis of the why and the how of teaching about the Holocaust in an age of misinformation and conspiracy theory. Brilliant writing from @andypearce.bsky.social
'It is time to rethink how we teach the Holocaust’, op ed piece by Centre's @andypearce.bsky.social, via www.schoolmanagementplus.com/teaching-lea...
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'It is time to rethink how we teach the Holocaust' | School Management Plus
As survivors' voices fade, we need to be clear about why and how we teach the Holocaust, writes Dr Andy Pearce
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November 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
This article should be read by every teacher of history. A powerful analysis of the why and the how of teaching about the Holocaust in an age of misinformation and conspiracy theory. Brilliant writing from @andypearce.bsky.social
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🎉 All stipendiary IHR Fellowships, Bursaries, & Prizes are now LIVE! 🎉
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(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
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(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
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Programs - School of Advanced Study
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November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎉 All stipendiary IHR Fellowships, Bursaries, & Prizes are now LIVE! 🎉
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
Exciting to join @miriched.bsky.social & @cpaucl.bsky.social assessment colleagues, & the great Professor Gordon Stobart, to inaugurate the annual Gordon Stobart Lecture in Educational Assessment. Great to see so many colleagues celebrating Gordon’s work & supporting the event in the room & online.
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Exciting to join @miriched.bsky.social & @cpaucl.bsky.social assessment colleagues, & the great Professor Gordon Stobart, to inaugurate the annual Gordon Stobart Lecture in Educational Assessment. Great to see so many colleagues celebrating Gordon’s work & supporting the event in the room & online.
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'It is time to rethink how we teach the Holocaust’, op ed piece by Centre's @andypearce.bsky.social, via www.schoolmanagementplus.com/teaching-lea...
@eddorrell.bsky.social
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
@eddorrell.bsky.social
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'It is time to rethink how we teach the Holocaust' | School Management Plus
As survivors' voices fade, we need to be clear about why and how we teach the Holocaust, writes Dr Andy Pearce
www.schoolmanagementplus.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
'It is time to rethink how we teach the Holocaust’, op ed piece by Centre's @andypearce.bsky.social, via www.schoolmanagementplus.com/teaching-lea...
@eddorrell.bsky.social
@arthurjchapman.bsky.social
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“I believe that it’s stories, more than anything, that really change our lives.”
Inspiring 2 hear @whatsfsaid.bsky.social talk bout Tyger & his career with a New Theatre full of primary school students @ an inspiring Chidrens’ Book Show event this morning. thechildrensbookshow.com/performances...
Inspiring 2 hear @whatsfsaid.bsky.social talk bout Tyger & his career with a New Theatre full of primary school students @ an inspiring Chidrens’ Book Show event this morning. thechildrensbookshow.com/performances...
November 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“I believe that it’s stories, more than anything, that really change our lives.”
Inspiring 2 hear @whatsfsaid.bsky.social talk bout Tyger & his career with a New Theatre full of primary school students @ an inspiring Chidrens’ Book Show event this morning. thechildrensbookshow.com/performances...
Inspiring 2 hear @whatsfsaid.bsky.social talk bout Tyger & his career with a New Theatre full of primary school students @ an inspiring Chidrens’ Book Show event this morning. thechildrensbookshow.com/performances...
Revivalism and historicity…
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Here in Sweden, the Vikings are back. And this time they’re searching for stability in a chaotic age | Siri Christiansen
I joined a ‘sacrifice’ ritual outside Stockholm – and found that the revival of Norse paganism reflects broader battles over identity and climate anxiety, says investigative journalist Siri Christians...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Revivalism and historicity…
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Who supports Reform and why? The charts that show who favours Farage’s party
Who supports Reform and why? The charts that show who favours Farage’s party
Based on largest poll of supporters, these charts and maps show five distinct groups that could hand Reform a majority
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November 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Who supports Reform and why? The charts that show who favours Farage’s party
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How do Lenny Henry’s arguments for reparations for trans-Atlantic slavery stand up to Lord Biggar’s arguments against them? Head-to-head review here:
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
How do Lenny Henry’s arguments for reparations for trans-Atlantic slavery stand up to Lord Biggar’s arguments against them? Head-to-head review here:
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The @1972shp.bsky.social SHPUnderstanding:UNEARTHED webinar launched this afternoon and it was spectacular! Massive thanks to @btrappy.bsky.social for kicking us off with some brilliant sources about the Wardian cases that transformed the exchange of plants around the globe ...
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The @1972shp.bsky.social SHPUnderstanding:UNEARTHED webinar launched this afternoon and it was spectacular! Massive thanks to @btrappy.bsky.social for kicking us off with some brilliant sources about the Wardian cases that transformed the exchange of plants around the globe ...
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So much @1972shp.bsky.social stuff going on right now! Last call to register for SHP UNEARTHED (Nov 10 5-6pm), our groundbreaking (ha ha!) webinar on Empire and Gardening - email [email protected] to sign up.
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
So much @1972shp.bsky.social stuff going on right now! Last call to register for SHP UNEARTHED (Nov 10 5-6pm), our groundbreaking (ha ha!) webinar on Empire and Gardening - email [email protected] to sign up.
This is going to be a must-read. Great that it's open access! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
This is going to be a must-read. Great that it's open access! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Loving this paper title - 'nonumentality' is a concept who's time has come! The typology proposed looks great to think with also. @alexvont.bsky.social @demantowsky.bsky.social @1972shp.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Loving this paper title - 'nonumentality' is a concept who's time has come! The typology proposed looks great to think with also. @alexvont.bsky.social @demantowsky.bsky.social @1972shp.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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My talk ‘From Liberalism to Illiberalism' will highlight four turning points. Moral phil translated into politics (1810s), 'socialism in disguise' (late-C19), primacy of economics (1940s), perversion of founding emphasis on indiv. protections (recent) @historicalculture.bsky.social 12.30-13.30EOJ376
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My talk ‘From Liberalism to Illiberalism' will highlight four turning points. Moral phil translated into politics (1810s), 'socialism in disguise' (late-C19), primacy of economics (1940s), perversion of founding emphasis on indiv. protections (recent) @historicalculture.bsky.social 12.30-13.30EOJ376
What a great opportunity here from @1972shp.bsky.social!
Just one week to go before our UNEARTHED webinar (just email [email protected] to register for your FREE place). Thought we needed some male role models to publicise the event as currently I am the ONLY male who is attending!! So come on lads, environmental history is for everyone!
November 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
What a great opportunity here from @1972shp.bsky.social!
I edited my final Teaching History in September (the 1st was in 2006 & I’ve given it 10 years in 2007/13 and again in 2022-25 so I reckon I’ve paid my dues). Delighted to finish with this grear piece based on a 2023 @1972shp.bsky.social conference workshop. www.history.org.uk/publications... 1/2
Approaches to teaching about national identities and belonging across the history curriculum
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November 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I edited my final Teaching History in September (the 1st was in 2006 & I’ve given it 10 years in 2007/13 and again in 2022-25 so I reckon I’ve paid my dues). Delighted to finish with this grear piece based on a 2023 @1972shp.bsky.social conference workshop. www.history.org.uk/publications... 1/2
Cannot recommend this book highly enough: it takes history education seriously and is a history of ideas about it - it’s also a powerful philosophical enquiry.
#historyeducation
#historyeducation
Empathy and History @berghahnbooks.bsky.social—the principal arguments:
1) Empathy designates the attempt to grasp the 'context' in which people’s actions made sense
2) The methodological question raised by empathy concerns the way in which this 'context' enters a historical explanation 1/2
1) Empathy designates the attempt to grasp the 'context' in which people’s actions made sense
2) The methodological question raised by empathy concerns the way in which this 'context' enters a historical explanation 1/2
Empathy and History: Historical Understanding in Re-enactment, Hermeneutics and Education | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
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November 5, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Cannot recommend this book highly enough: it takes history education seriously and is a history of ideas about it - it’s also a powerful philosophical enquiry.
#historyeducation
#historyeducation
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Empathy and History @berghahnbooks.bsky.social—the principal arguments:
1) Empathy designates the attempt to grasp the 'context' in which people’s actions made sense
2) The methodological question raised by empathy concerns the way in which this 'context' enters a historical explanation 1/2
1) Empathy designates the attempt to grasp the 'context' in which people’s actions made sense
2) The methodological question raised by empathy concerns the way in which this 'context' enters a historical explanation 1/2
Empathy and History: Historical Understanding in Re-enactment, Hermeneutics and Education | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
www.berghahnbooks.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Empathy and History @berghahnbooks.bsky.social—the principal arguments:
1) Empathy designates the attempt to grasp the 'context' in which people’s actions made sense
2) The methodological question raised by empathy concerns the way in which this 'context' enters a historical explanation 1/2
1) Empathy designates the attempt to grasp the 'context' in which people’s actions made sense
2) The methodological question raised by empathy concerns the way in which this 'context' enters a historical explanation 1/2
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Just one week to go before our UNEARTHED webinar (just email [email protected] to register for your FREE place). Thought we needed some male role models to publicise the event as currently I am the ONLY male who is attending!! So come on lads, environmental history is for everyone!
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Just one week to go before our UNEARTHED webinar (just email [email protected] to register for your FREE place). Thought we needed some male role models to publicise the event as currently I am the ONLY male who is attending!! So come on lads, environmental history is for everyone!
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The Department of History at Queen’s University seeks a postdoctoral fellow to start July 1, 2026. Applications are due on January 15, 2026 for the Marjorie McLean Oliver Post-Doctoral Fellowship. The full position description can be found here: www.queensu.ca/history/abou...
Employment | Department of History, Queen's University
The Department of History is committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful work environment.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Department of History at Queen’s University seeks a postdoctoral fellow to start July 1, 2026. Applications are due on January 15, 2026 for the Marjorie McLean Oliver Post-Doctoral Fellowship. The full position description can be found here: www.queensu.ca/history/abou...
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Just in time for half term @1972shp.bsky.social is delighted to be able to announce that the tickets for our VIRTUAL Developing Teachers' Conference (Jan 31 2026) are now available from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... for inflation busting prices!
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October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Just in time for half term @1972shp.bsky.social is delighted to be able to announce that the tickets for our VIRTUAL Developing Teachers' Conference (Jan 31 2026) are now available from store.leedstrinity.ac.uk/product-cata... for inflation busting prices!
“It was a careful formula,” blaming not in Brexit itself, but “the manner of its implementation; blaming the politicians who did it, not the ordinary people who willed it…”
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Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr
It is the right way to go, but taking the long way round to such an obvious point has cost Labour precious time and credibility, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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October 24, 2025 at 4:43 AM
“It was a careful formula,” blaming not in Brexit itself, but “the manner of its implementation; blaming the politicians who did it, not the ordinary people who willed it…”
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