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History in 2021, with Helen Carr and Suzannah Lipscomb

Public historians Helen Carr and Suzannah Lipscomb explore how we should make sense of studying the past in 2021

Published: August 31, 2021 at 12:41 PM

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Sixty years ago EH Carr’s groundbreaking book, What is History?, explored how we should study the past. Now his great-granddaughter, Helen Carr, has teamed up with Suzannah Lipscomb to edit a new volume, What is History, Now?. Here, they discuss the importance and challenges of writing history in the 21st century.

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Helen Carr and Suzannah Lipscomb are the editors of What is History, Now? (Orion, 2021)

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Authors

Professor Suzannah LipscombHistorian, author, and broadcaster

Suzannah Lipscomb is Emeritus Professor at the University of Roehampton, and the author of several books about the 16th century

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