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Tag Archives: historian
On Corrections
I am convinced that noone actually likes to correct their work. In over a decade working in the field of historical research, I have yet to encounter any scholar who revels in the idea, who insists on going home early … Continue reading
Posted in discussion, Historian, Historiography, Learning, Narrative, Research, Revisionism, The Historian, Thesis, Writing
Tagged corrections, definite article, editing, historian, peer review, preposition, synonym, Writing
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‘The Write Stuff’
The difficult part of blogging is not in the writing. Believe it or not having something to say has never been a hard thing for me to do! Rather it is to find (a) the time and (b) the right thing to … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Irish War, Auxiliary Division, Battlefield Archaeology, Conflict, discussion, First World War, Historian, Historiography, Ireland, Learning, Memory, Narrative, Post Traumatic Stress, Revisionism, Thesis, Writing
Tagged Anglo-Irish War, British Army, First World War, historian, ireland, Narrative, remembrance, shell shock, shunning, society, The Right Stuff, The Write Stuff, thesis, Writing, WW1
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The plot thickens…
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/university-historians-distance-themselves-from-boston-tapes-30250418.html It could be called the story which keeps on giving and it certainly shows no signs of stopping any time soon. Senior historians presently and previously attached to the Massachusetts based, Boston College, have come out publicly … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston College, Boston College Tapes, gerry Adams, historian, IRA, Jean McConville, Oral History, paramilitary, PSNI, RUC, Troubles, USA
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