State of the Field
Our State of the Field essays provide introductions to a wide variety of topics. Largely written by Early Career Researchers, each article is intended as an accessible synthesis of work on a particular field of study. Look out for future essays on the histories of emotions, senses, childhood, empire, and many more.
Those wishing to propose a new title in this series should contact the History Editor-in-Chief Becky Taylor: b.taylor@uea.ac.uk.
State of the Field: Physical Culture
Connor Heffernan
History, January 2022.
Image: Theodore Combis. Available through WikiCommons.
Open Access. Read online: click here.
State of the Field: The History of Emotions
Katie Barclay
History (Volume 106, Issue 371). August 2021.
Image: Orvieto Cathedral Facade. The Fourth Pillar With The Last Judgment. Site creator’s image.
Open Access. Read online: click here.
State of the Field: Material Culture
Serena Dyer
History (Volume 106, Issue 370). May 2021.
Image: Willow pattern nineteenth-century plate. Public Domain.
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State of the Field: The History of Collecting
W. G. Burgess
History (Volume 106, Issue 369). January 2021.
Image: The British Museum, Public Domain.
Free to read online: click here.
State of the Field: The History of Political Thought
Danielle Charette and Max Skjönsburg
History (Volume 105, Issue 366). July 2020.
Image: Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, frontispiece. Public Domain.
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State of the Field: Digital History
C. Annemieke Romein, Max Kenman, Julie M. Birkholz, James Baker, Michel de Gruitjer, Albert Meroño-Peñuela, Thorsten Ries, Ruben Ros, Stefania Scagliola
History (Volume 105, Issue 365). April 2020.
Image: Digital stock image. Public Domain.
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