Imposter Syndrome and History: a student project

Gemma McLean-Carr is a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh working on a project about smell, odour, and British perceptions of China and ‘Chinatowns’ (1842-1946). She studied for a BA in History at the University of Lincoln from 2019-2022 and went on to do an MSc in Contemporary History at the University of Edinburgh.Continue reading Imposter Syndrome and History: a student project

Inaugural action: Reading Lessons – From Papyrus to ChatGPT

On 20th March, I delivered my inaugural lecture at the University of Lincoln. I can’t say that I was massively looking forward to it, but in the end I really enjoyed it. The Lincoln Institute for Advanced Studies organises, records and shares the lectures on their website (see here for the full list). You canContinue reading Inaugural action: Reading Lessons – From Papyrus to ChatGPT

Recent publication – Reading Online during Lockdown: Insights from History and Heritage

Matt East, Leah Warriner-Wood and myself have recently had a chapter published in the edited book Agile Learning Environments amid Disruption, edited by Golam Jamil and Dawn A Morley. In it, we reflect on the approach that was adopted to teaching students to read primary sources through annotation across three iterations of a research-led undergraduateContinue reading Recent publication – Reading Online during Lockdown: Insights from History and Heritage

Mad or Bad? Personalised and Collaborative Learning

In this post, my colleague Dr Jade Shepherd, Senior Lecturer in Modern History (1800-present) at the University of Lincoln, shares some of the brilliant work that she’s been doing with her students for the past few years on her final-year module. There are some great ideas in here that could easily be adapted in aContinue reading Mad or Bad? Personalised and Collaborative Learning

Teaching History: A Report on Reading

In this post, Mitchell Lovewell, a final-year History student at the University of Lincoln, talks us through the findings of a report on reading that he put together for Teaching History a module that he took in the first half of 2022. Introduction ‘Go throw your TV set away, and in its place you canContinue reading Teaching History: A Report on Reading