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Historyworks Shop
Historyworks now has a shop premises in central Cambridge where we design public engagement projects, host community history events, coach researchers and practitioners to translate their …
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Elizabethan Pageant
Cambridge Elizabethan Concert & Pageant Film Historyworks was commissioned by Great St Mary's, University of Cambridge, to capture the Elizabethan Pageant and Procession. Also, a Service …
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Media Archive of WW1 Commemoration
2014 marks the centenary of the First World War and a programme of events that will commemorate the conflict. Historyworks are attempting to capture the debate …
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WORLD WAR ONE AT HOME
The BBC has been developing a collection of stories to demonstrate how WW1 affected people and places in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The strategic …
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Cycle of Songs: News
Cycle of Songs is an Arts Council England funded project commissioned by Cambridge City Council, devised by the award winning Pilot Theatre and Historyworks to mark …
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Cycle of Songs: News
Cycle of Songs is an Arts Council England funded project commissioned by Cambridge City Council, devised by the award winning Pilot Theatre and Historyworks to mark …
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Cycle of Songs: History Stories
For Cycle of Songs nine songs and sound poems are being devised and shaped by Helen Weinstein, the Creative Director and Producer, who has commissioned pieces …
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BBC Debate: WAS BRITAIN RIGHT TO GO TO WAR IN 1914?
Helen Weinstein Chaired this Online debate on BBC on Friday 28th February - which started at 8pm, continued during the BBC2 programme that was transmited from …
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Laurence Sterne 1713-2013
To mark the 300th Anniversary of Laurence Sterne's birth, HISTORYWORKS has made an installation, filmed on location at Shandy Hall where Laurence Sterne lived and wrote …
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PRODUCING APPS & AUDIO GUIDES
PRODUCING APPS & AUDIO GUIDES: We welcome enquiries about producing Trails and Apps. At Historyworks, we are developing new apps for several organizations in locations across …
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EXPLAINING CROWD-SOURCING: EXPLOITATION TO PARTICIPATION
by Pat Hadley In 1832 philanthropic publisher Charles Knight exalted working-class readers of his Penny Magazine to visit and appreciate the British Museum: “[H]ere there is …
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MISOGYNY DEBATE: PRESS & MEDIA REPRESENTATION
From Jane Austen on banknotes to Twitter abuse: a roundup of the debates in blogs, newspapers, radio and television. On the 24th July 2013 the Governor …
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PARTICIPATORY PRACTICES
PARTICIPATORY PRACTICES Helen Weinstein has been working with partners in the Arts & Heritage sectors to better understand what ‘public participation’ means in the everyday world, …
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History Curriculum Debate Updates: SCHAMA AT HAY plus SCHAMA on BBC R3 NIGHTWAVES & BBC R4 MORAL MAZE TRANSCRIPTIONS
SIMON SCHAMA spoke at the Hay Festival #Hay13 and slammed Gove's reforms to the history curriculum as "1066 & All That without the jokes". It was …
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THE FUTURE OF THE PAST AT THE BBC
THE FUTURE OF THE PAST AT THE BBC - Wednesday May 15th from 5pm to 7pm & the hashtag for the event will be #bbcpast THE …
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HISTORICAL WOMEN ON OUR £ NOTES CAMPAIGN
Helen Weinstein has been supporting Caroline Craido-Perez co-founder @TheWomensRoomUk for the media campaign directed @TheBankofEngland regarding historical women on our stirling bank notes. This profile-raising and …
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TWR: The Womens Room Launch
THE WOMEN'S ROOM celebrates their official launch! Historyworks is supporting TWR & the launch. We recorded the speakers and made podcasts, we also captured the event …
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History Curriculum Debate Updates: *NEW* BBC R3 NIGHTWAVES & BBC R4 MORAL MAZE TRANSCRIPTIONS
The history curriculum debate has been given air time and prime news space numerous times over the past weeks in response to Michael Gove's plans to …
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PHoSTEM: Project with The Science Museum on "Public History of Science, Technology, Engineering & Medicine"
Historyworks has created a STORIFY of recent PHoSTEM events, and assisted with writing up the PHoSTEM reports. See below. This project aims to understand how to …
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DOMINIC SANDBROOK ON THATCHER'S LEGACY & POPULAR HISTORY
Dominic Sandbrook is a writer and historian and broadcaster, author of popular histories of post-1945 Britain, Seasons in the Sun (2012); State of Emergency (2010); White …
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OLIVER STONE & PETER KUZNICK DISCUSS 'UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES'
The event with Oliver Stone was about his latest history epic called "Untold History of the United States" released as a book, a dvd, and soon …
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OLIVER STONE & PETER KUZNICK DISCUSS 'UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES'
The event with Oliver Stone was about his latest history epic called "Untold History of the United States" released as a book, a dvd, and soon …
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Editing BBC Radio4 Noise A Human History
Historyworks has been involved in one of BBC Radio 4's most ambitious projects yet: telling the story of 100,000 years of human history through the role …
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DOMINIC SANDBROOK ON THATCHER'S LEGACY & POPULAR HISTORY
Dominic Sandbrook is a writer and historian and broadcaster, author of popular histories of post-1945 Britain, Seasons in the Sun (2012); State of Emergency (2010); White …
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Facilitating Bodleian Library Project
Integrating Broadside Ballads (IBBA) The Bodleian Library team for Broadside Ballad Connections had a great time at Cecil Sharp House for Broadside Day. The brief for …
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WW1 Features
A day of sleuthing and scoping to find untold stories to illustrate domestic experiences of World War 1. The "No Manifestation of Feeling" notice is a …
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Eurotast top up training
Prior to her fieldtrip to St. Maarten for the Eurotast research project, Postdoc Temi Odumosu has been honing her location recording and interview skills by taking …
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YORK HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY
Many thanks to everyone who joined in the commemorations for Holocaust Memorial Day. We were amazed at the vast crowds who came along on the history …
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BBC RADIO FEATURE
Helen Weinstein had an excellent experience making a radio feature with BBC Radio's Jonathan Cowap, to be broadcast on Holocaust Memorial day, 27th January. The English …
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YORK JEWISH HISTORY TRAIL
Helen Weinstein is offering a walking tour on Sunday 27th January to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, starting at 2pm from the steps of the Yorkshire Museum, …
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PILOT THEATRE
Jon Calver of Historyworks in conversation with Liam Evans-Ford about how best to develop a series of radio dramas on the subject of the Great War. …
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EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCIL SYNERGY GRANT
Historyworks plans to train academics to present their work with a variety of outreach and media dissemination activities for an important European project for Medieval Studies …
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HISTORYWORKS TRAINS STUDENT IN SOUND TECHNOLOGY
Historyworks has offered training in sound engineering to Joe Muller, which has involved learning to record and edit sound, set up a sound installation on location, …
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HISTORYWORKS MARIE CURIE FUNDING
Historyworks has collaborated with a Marie Curie International Training Network led by the University of Iceland for a medieval literature project including University departments in Norway, …
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DAN SNOW LAUNCHES IPAD APPS
After several months of Historyworks’ interns learning about ipad apps by researching and sleuthing and drafting and checking materials for Battle Castles, there is the satisfaction …
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HISTORYWORKS PRESENTATION ON APPS
Joe Muller, Historyworks intern (working with Jon and Helen) has researched the main platforms and choices for heritage apps, reviewing the capacities of content and technology …
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SOUND INSTALLATION CONCERT
Historyworks has been commissioned to make a sound installation for an exciting audio event at York's Guildhall. A new sound piece will be performed in the …
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TRAIL PROMOTION
Once the York trail leaflets, podcasts and apps were ready for launch, BBC Radio York featured the Roman and Great War Trails. See Adam Gutteridge, IPUP …
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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH JOHN OXLEY
Helen Weinstein and Jon Calver have greatly enjoyed working with the City Archaeologist, John Oxley. It has involved coaching Jon for delivering scripts and in turn …
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HISTORYWORKS GIVES VOICE-COACHING TO RESEARCHERS
It was decided by Adam Gutteridge and his interns working on the Roman Trail, that the best way for the daily lives of the dwellers of …
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RECORDING APPS & PODCASTS
Historyworks is recording the scripts for two trail Apps and two Podcasts for the York Museums Trust. "Walking with the Romans: Daily Life in Eboracum" and …
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STORYTELLING TRAINING
The team at Historyworks showed the researchers how best to adapt their scripts for different formats, from printed script to podcast to app. There is a …
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Intern opportunity
Historyworks is looking for keen history interns needed for an exciting new multi-media project working in partnership with a London production company called Ballista Media. We …
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THE TRAIL TEAM
Historyworks has worked with a diverse group of University researchers in several academic disciplines to help them translate their research skills and show how best to …
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Eurotast training
Historyworks is providing intensive training for members of the team who are documenting their research on the transatlantic slave trade, called Eurotast. Researchers are receiving training …
