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Classical Scholars and Classical Musicians
Alexander Jakobidze-Gitman, Witten/Herdecke University How did a musician and music historian like me become interested in the debates on classical education dating back more than a century? Like many other Russian humanities scholars, I realized only in my twenties...
Presidents’ Award: For a Distinguished Contribution to the History of Education
Background The History of Education Society, UK’s, principal aim is the furtherance of the field. An element of this is the promotion and celebration of the careers of scholars and those working in support of scholarship. The triennial Presidents’ Award seeks to...
Season 2 Episode 7: Differentials Fees for Overseas Students with Jodi Burkett
The half a million international students studying in the UK are heirs to a complex legacy of overseas students studying in Britain. From medieval scholars traveling between Oxford and Paris, medical students traveling to Edinburgh, Indian students coming over in the...
Season 2 Episode 6: Networks of Empire with Brianna Lafoon
An advertisement for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, where vocational and practical education techniques developed in the Philippines were showcased for US domestic educators. Today’s conversation picks up on the discussion of American imperial...
Season 2 Episode 5: Empire & Education in the Philippines with Funie Hsu and Malini Johar Schueller
In today's episode, I was lucky enough to speak with not one but two researchers! Both Funie Hsu and Malini Johar Schueller look at the role of race and racialisation in shaping education policy during the American occupation of the Philippines. Our discussion focuses...
Season 2 Episode 4: Holocaust Education in Britain with Daniel Adamson
In today’s episode, we continue our series on graduate student research with an interview with Daniel Adamson. We discuss Daniel’s research on how the British response to the Holocaust is represented in schools and museums, as well as how Daniel uses approaches from...
Vocational Schools at the 1900 Universal Exhibition
Miranda Sachs, Texas State University If a visitor to the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris had wandered into the pavilion sponsored by the city of Paris, she would have encountered a display of handcrafted objects produced by students at the city’s vocational...
Season 2 Episode 3: Technology & The Historian with Adam Crymble
On today’s episode, we speak with Adam Crymble about his new book, Technology and the Historian, which looks at the history and development of digital history as a discipline in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. Adam’s book focuses on the (longer than...