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Keir Waddington

Keir Waddington

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“Geographies of Power”: An undergraduate research opportunities project

Posted on 3 January 2024 by Keir Waddington

Rachel Herrmann writes: How do academic historians incorporate undergraduate students into their research processes and questions? This was the question I considered from early summer 2018 to late 2019, when […]

An empire for the Enlightenment: Britain, Quebec, and the American Revolution

An empire for the Enlightenment: Britain, Quebec, and the American Revolution

Posted on 11 December 2023 by Keir Waddington

As Ashley Walsh explains in this blog post, it is a counter-intuitive feature of the Enlightenment that it could be intolerant. We tend to associate the Enlightenment with religious toleration […]

Gaming the past: Cardiff Heritage Jam

Posted on 27 November 2023 by Keir Waddington

Esther Wright explains in this post how a chance introduction to Daniel J. Finnegan, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Cardiff University, and the realization of our shared interest in […]

Power failures, sovereignty and environmental justice in Lebanon

Posted on 13 November 2023 by Keir Waddington

In his post, Owain Lawson explains As I work towards finishing my first book—Power Failures: Development, Sovereignty, and Environmental Justice in Lebanon—I have become preoccupied with the question of whether […]

Cymro a’i Geiniog / A Welsh King and his Coin

Posted on 2 November 2023 by Keir Waddington

Doedd brenhinoedd y Cymry ddim yn rhai i roi eu henwau ar geiniogau – fel arfer. Mae un eithriad: ceiniog sy’n dwyn yr enw Hoƿæl Rex. Hywel ap Cadell (Hywel […]

Fire, News and Slate: The Story of the ‘Hamburg Bluchers’

Fire, News and Slate: The Story of the ‘Hamburg Bluchers’

Posted on 26 October 2023 by Keir Waddington

Porthmadog Museum in north Wales displays a pair of heavy work boots called ‘Blutsiars Hambro’ or ‘Hamburg Bluchers’, their heavy wooden soles matched with rough leather and metal buckles. The […]

HAP24 comes to Cardiff

HAP24 comes to Cardiff

Posted on 16 October 2023 by Keir Waddington

In partnership with The National Archives, Royal Historical Society, and the Institute of Historical Research, Cardiff History and Cardiff University Special Collections and Archives will be hosting  ‘History and Archives in Practice’ […]

Global Slaveries, Fugitivity, and the Afterlives of Unfreedom: Interconnections in Comparative Dialogue

Global Slaveries, Fugitivity, and the Afterlives of Unfreedom: Interconnections in Comparative Dialogue

Posted on 12 October 2023 by Keir Waddington

It was to my great shock (and delight) that I was invited to participate in the Sawyer Seminar, “Global Slaveries, Fugitivity, and the Afterlives of Unfreedom: Interconnections in Comparative Dialogue,” […]

New book: Neutrality and Collaboration in South China

Posted on 11 October 2023 by Keir Waddington

How could a small East Asian territory of 15 Km2 be a hub for global connections in World War Two? In my first book, Neutrality and Collaboration in South China: […]

Václav Havel dialogues 2023

Posted on 25 September 2023 by Keir Waddington

The first Central and East European event for the new academic year is coming up on 10 October 2023. The event is organised by the Czech Embassy in London and the Centre […]