In the H&P roundtable at the Economic History Society conference, historians discussed the work of French economist Thomas Piketty on capital and inequality.
The annual conference will explore opportunities for improving the way government accesses, assesses and makes use of expertise from the humanities, and offer examples of the significant contribution these disciplines have made to public policy.
100 years after the Women’s Peace Congress in the Hague, historians, campaigners and politicians will reflect on the past, present and future of women’s transnational organising. Public events on 31 March at Queen Mary, University of London, will explore how far have feminist approaches been incorporated into international debates about security, development and human rights today.
Collective bargaining has changed and declined but it is not dead: Roger Jeary and Jim Moher report on the Trade Union Forum’s recent discussion, with Tony Burke of UNITE, Ray Ellis of CWU and Professor Melanie Simms of Leicester University.
On the centenary of the 1915 Women’s Peace Congress in The Hague, historians reflect on the past, present and future of women’s transnational organising. This ‘virtual roundtable’ coincides with events at the Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London.
This Trade Union Forum event features Tony Burke of UNITE, Ray Ellis of CWU, and Professor Melanie Simms of the University of Leicester.
For the No. 10 Guest Historian series, Professor David Brown analyses the origins, response and legacy of Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston's 1850 defence of his contentious foreign policy.
Hollowing out of civil servants’ skills and loss of institutional memory threaten good governance, according to a select committee inquiry into Civil Service skills to which H&P gave evidence.
The ‘lessons learnt’ report from the NHS investigations into Jimmy Savile drew on the expertise of H&P historians.
Internships with honoraria are available this spring and autumn at H&P. Any King’s BA, MA or PhD student of history or public policy is eligible to apply.
H&P is one solution for the historically-curious policy maker cutting through the online chaff for authoritative and accessible historical research, according to Professor David Reynolds, in his review of The History Manifesto, for New Statesman.
100 years ago the first Zeppelins attacked Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn. Professor Edgar Jones, of King’s College London, examines the effects of German airship raids on civilian morale during the First World War in the latest article for the History of Government Blog. What lessons can be learnt today from people's response to German air-raids?
The latest Prime Ministerial bio, of William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, is published on the History of Government Blog. According to Dr Andrew Thompson, of Cambridge University, Devonshire’s career illustrates the importance of connection and tact for political success.
Harriet Arbuthnot's revealing diary of high politics of the 1820s is the subject of the latest Guest Historian article for the History of Government Blog, by Dr Stephen Lee, of Torquay Boys' Grammar School.
H&P co-founder Professor Pat Thane’s engagement with the Department for Education featured in a King’s College London impact case study for the Research Excellence Framework (REF). King’s was ranked 4th for research impact as measured against other multidisciplinary universities in this national assessment.
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