New Historical Express

Category: Film and history

Film and history, Peaky Blinders, Popular culture, Television

Underground lives: ‘Peaky Blinders’ and depicting histories of post-World War I Britain
1968, Aboriginal activism, African-American history, Anti-racism, Australian history, Black power, Colonial/Postcolonial History, Contemporary history, Feminism, Film, Film and history, Indigenous activism, Internationalism, Marlene Cummins, New Left, Racial discrimination, Uncategorized, Women’s history, Women’s liberation

#BlackPantherWoman: Black Power, gender and limits of transnationalism – a guest post by Jon Piccini
American history, Boardwalk Empire, British History, Crime, Criminology, FBI, Female suffrage, Film and history, First World War, Irish terrorism, Northern Ireland, Peaky Blinders, Popular culture, Prohibition, Television, US history, Women’s liberation

Crime, Masculinity and the Post-War Era in Peaky Blinders and Boardwalk Empire
Announcements, British History, Contemporary history, Film, Film and history, Historical methods, Historiography, Journal announcements, Popular culture, Punk, Television, Thatcherism, The Young Ones, Youth culture

New article: Thatcherism and The Young Ones
Announcements, British History, Contemporary history, Film, Film and history, Media appearances, Papers/Seminars, Popular culture, Popular memory, Public service announcements, Punk, Television, Thatcherism, The Young Ones, Youth culture

The Conversation (UK) On Rik Mayall, The Young Ones and Thatcher
British History, Film, Film and history, Popular culture, Popular memory, Punk, Television, Thatcherism, The Young Ones, Youth culture

In tribute to Rik Mayall: The Young Ones, Thatcherism and the People’s Poet
Blackadder, British History, Britishness, Deleuze, Film, Film and history, First World War, Historical methods, Historiography, Modern European History, Nationalism, Popular culture, Popular memory, The Guardian, Tories

Mr Gove, film can never replicate historical ‘truth’
Archives, Chris Marker, Contemporary history, Control, Deleuze, Film, Film and history, Historical methods, Historiography, Joy Division, Rashomon, Research, Sans Soleil, Television

Why studying film helped me become a better historian