This series was originally published in the Reviews in History section, and provided a forum for debate about postmodernism in historical thought. Printing: the papers will automatically format to print if you click "File > Print..." on your browser.

Index of papers

• In Defence of History: Reply to Critics 1
  Richard J. Evans
  Updated Version 2 (June 1999)
  Updated Version 3 (August 1999)
  Updated Version 4 (November 1999)
• A Response to Richard J. Evans
  Diane Purkiss
• Richard J. Evans, Yet Once More
  Diane Purkiss
• An Engagement with Postmodern Foes, Literary Theorists and Friends on the Borders with History
  Patrick Karl O’Brien
• The Postmodern in History: A Response to Professor O’ Brien
  Alun Munslow
• In Defence of History
  Reviewed by Antony Easthope
• Thoughts on the Present 'Crisis of History' in Britain
  James Vernon
• The Logic of the History of Ideas - 1. Introduction and Debate by Mark Bevir
  The Logic of the History of Ideas
  A round table review by Alun Munslow, Siep Stuurman, Allan Megill, Kari Palonen & Frank Ankersmit
  Bevir's response to Munslow
  The Logic of the History of Ideas - 2. Conclusion and Debate (incorporating Bevir's response to Stuurman, Megill, Palonen and Ankerschmidt
• The New Nature of History: Knowledge, Evidence, Language
  Arthur Marwick
  Reviewed by Alun Munslow
  Response by Arthur Marwick

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