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The main aim of the History Workshop movement was to promote the historiographical tradition known variously as [[history from below]], [[social history]], the history of everyday life, or simply people's history. Bill Schwarz wrote that the "History Workshop functioned in Britain as an effective alternative historical apparatus. It countered the intellectual and political conservatism of the dominant historical profession, setting up an alternative means for producing historical knowledge which had roots deep in the subordinate groups of British society".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Schwarz|first=B.|title=History on the Move: Reflections on History Workshop|journal=Radical History Review|date=1 October 1993|volume=1993|issue=57|pages=203–220|doi=10.1215/01636545-1993-57-203}}</ref> Samuel defined the movement as being "the belief that history is or ought to be a collaborative enterprise, one in which the researcher, the archivist, the curator and the teacher, the 'do-it-yourself' enthusiast and the local historian, the family history societies and the individual archaeologist, should all be regarded as equally engaged."<ref>{{cite book|last=Samuel (Ed.)|first=Raphael|title=History Workshop: A Collecteana, 1967-1991, Documents, Memoirs, Critique and cumulative index to History Workshop Journal|year=1991|publisher=Ruskin College|pages=1V}}</ref> |
The main aim of the History Workshop movement was to promote the historiographical tradition known variously as [[history from below]], [[social history]], the history of everyday life, or simply people's history. Bill Schwarz wrote that the "History Workshop functioned in Britain as an effective alternative historical apparatus. It countered the intellectual and political conservatism of the dominant historical profession, setting up an alternative means for producing historical knowledge which had roots deep in the subordinate groups of British society".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Schwarz|first=B.|title=History on the Move: Reflections on History Workshop|journal=Radical History Review|date=1 October 1993|volume=1993|issue=57|pages=203–220|doi=10.1215/01636545-1993-57-203}}</ref> Samuel defined the movement as being "the belief that history is or ought to be a collaborative enterprise, one in which the researcher, the archivist, the curator and the teacher, the 'do-it-yourself' enthusiast and the local historian, the family history societies and the individual archaeologist, should all be regarded as equally engaged."<ref>{{cite book|last=Samuel (Ed.)|first=Raphael|title=History Workshop: A Collecteana, 1967-1991, Documents, Memoirs, Critique and cumulative index to History Workshop Journal|year=1991|publisher=Ruskin College|pages=1V}}</ref> |
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In the course of the 1970s History Workshop spread across Britain, spawning dozens of regional and local initiatives, publishing many books, pamphlets and journals (including the ''History Workshop Journal''), and acquiring influence throughout intellectual and educational circles. During these years the movement also went international, spawning sister workshops in Germany, France, Italy, South Africa and America. Its high point was reached in the late 1970s, and thereafter it went into a slow decline, although many of the developments it helped to foster (such as [[oral history]] and women’s history) continue to flourish today. |
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=== History Workshop archives === |
=== History Workshop archives === |
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The History Workshop Journal was launched in 1976 by Raphael Samuel and others involved in the History Workshop movement. This is a scholarly journal published by Oxford University Press. Originally sub-titled "A Journal of Socialist Historians", it later changed the sub-title to "A Journal of Socialist and Feminist Historians" before dropping the sub-title in 1994.[1]
The Journal "publishes a wide variety of essays, reports and reviews, ranging from literary to economic subjects, local history to geopolitical analyses."[2] According to the Time Higher Education website, the History Workshop Journal is ranked #9 in the top 20 journals in history worldwide, ranked by their five-year impact factors. This information was presented in Thomson Reuters’ Journal Citation Reports for the social sciences for 2009.[3]
The History Workshop movement
History Workshop was a popular movement for the democratisation of History which flourished in Britain from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s (with sporadic activity continuing into the 1990s).[4] It emerged from Ruskin College Oxford where Raphael Samuel, the movement’s initiator and presiding spirit, taught history for many decades.[5]
The main aim of the History Workshop movement was to promote the historiographical tradition known variously as history from below, social history, the history of everyday life, or simply people's history. Bill Schwarz wrote that the "History Workshop functioned in Britain as an effective alternative historical apparatus. It countered the intellectual and political conservatism of the dominant historical profession, setting up an alternative means for producing historical knowledge which had roots deep in the subordinate groups of British society".[6] Samuel defined the movement as being "the belief that history is or ought to be a collaborative enterprise, one in which the researcher, the archivist, the curator and the teacher, the 'do-it-yourself' enthusiast and the local historian, the family history societies and the individual archaeologist, should all be regarded as equally engaged."[7]
History Workshop archives
A number of archive collections containing records of the History Workshop movement are held in the library of the Bishopsgate Institute[8] in London. Holdings include:
- Raphael Samuel archive. Including personal papers, notes for historical works, material relating to History Workshop, and oral histories.
- London History Workshop Centre: Correspondence, administrative papers, and a collection of photographs collected for LWT’s Making of Modern London.
- History Workshop publications. Including correspondence, drafts, pamphlets, and ephemera.
- History Workshop papers. Including administrative papers, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and audio recordings relating to the annual History Workshops plus additional conferences.
- History Workshop Centre for Social History. Including administrative papers, correspondence, and ephemera.
- Tim Mason papers. Including personal papers, correspondence, notes for historical works, and material relating to History Workshop.
- Peter Sedgwick papers. Including personal papers, correspondence, and biographical information.
- History Workshop Journal papers. Including administrative papers, editorial correspondence, and minutes.
History Workshop Online
An associated website, the History Workshop Online, was launched by the editorial collective of the History Workshop Journal in 2011.[9] This moderated website publishes shorter and more contemporary-focused articles than appear in History Workshop Journal, as well as editorials, debates, news and events, and a series of articles on "Radical Objects". These "Radical Objects" are tangible objects, such as badges or pamphlets, with direct relationships to events or themes in radical history.[10] In October 2012, the History Workshop Online, in collaboration with the Bishopsgate Institute, launched an online archive of material from the History Workshop Movement, which includes background information about each History Workshop and associated events from the 1960s to the 1990s. The material available on the History Workshop archive also includes scans of images, tickets and pamphlets and audio recordings from the History Workshops themselves.[11]
References
- ^ Schwarz, B. (1 October 1993). "History on the Move: Reflections on History Workshop". Radical History Review. 1993 (57): 207. doi:10.1215/01636545-1993-57-203.
- ^ "Oxford Journals".
- ^ "Times Higher Education (13th January 2011)".
- ^ "History Workshop Online: The History of History Workshop".
- ^ "Ruskin College Oxford".
- ^ Schwarz, B. (1 October 1993). "History on the Move: Reflections on History Workshop". Radical History Review. 1993 (57): 203–220. doi:10.1215/01636545-1993-57-203.
- ^ Samuel (Ed.), Raphael (1991). History Workshop: A Collecteana, 1967-1991, Documents, Memoirs, Critique and cumulative index to History Workshop Journal. Ruskin College. pp. 1V.
- ^ "Bishopsgate Library: Library and Archive Collections".
- ^ "History Workshop Online: About".
- ^ "History Workshop Online: Radical Objects".
- ^ ": History Workshop Online: History of the History Workshop".