'Writing Histories of 2020', event video
Watch the video of the 2020 Historical Research lecture: Jo Fox in conversation with Claire Langhamer, Richard and Vinen and Kevin Siena, 29 July 2020.
History in Conversation: 'How do we write the history of 2020? #2', with Richard Vinen
Episode 6 of the History in Conversation podcast
In this episode, recorded in August 2020, Professor Jo Fox, Director of the IHR, talks to Professor Richard Vinen of King's College, London. Richard and Jo discuss what current events mean for how we think about chronologies of the recent past, and whether -- and why -- future historians will remember this year as significant.
In this episode, recorded in August 2020, Jo Fox, Director of the IHR, talks to the modern historian, Professor Richard Vinen of King's College, London. Richard and Jo discussed how historians are responding to the 2020 pandemic, what the events of 2020 will mean for how we view the very recent past, whether 2020 will become a significant year (as many presume), and the impact of current event on the wider historical profession.
When the history of 2020 is written, how will it be shaped by economic and geographical experience, and how can we engage with the extraordinary scale of recent events?
This is the second in a 2-part set of conversations which followed the IHR's 2020 Historical Research Lecture on the subject of 'Writing Histories of 2020: responses and perspectives'. The annual lecture is supported by Oxford University Press who publish the Institute's academic journal, Historical Research.
This and other episodes from 'History in Conversation' are available via your chosen podcast provider and also via Soundcloud.
