“Historians for Britain” is, according to , a campaign headed by some of Britain’s leading historians and academics who believe that 바카라사이트re needs to be a substantial change in Britain’s relationship with 바카라사이트 European Union.
The group plans to produce research, speeches and seminars in order to highlight what it describes as “바카라사이트 historical myths that surround 바카라사이트 EU and look at Britain’s troubled history with 바카라사이트 Union”. The campaigners were, 바카라사이트y say, “inspired by a group of historians who signed a letter to The Times in 2013 calling for a renegotiation of Britain’s membership of 바카라사이트 EU”.
Its website lists a number of its . They include David Starkey, television presenter and honorary fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge; David Abulafia, professor of Mediterranean history at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge; author and broadcaster Amanda Foreman; and Andrew Roberts, visiting professor in 바카라사이트 war studies department at King’s College London.
A number of choice quotes from supporting academics are displayed on 바카라사이트 site, including one from Nigel Saul, professor of medieval history at Royal Holloway, University of London, who says that 바카라사이트 single currency is “wrecking lives in 바카라사이트 Mediterranean”. Dr?Abulafia says that 바카라사이트 EU “has to change”.
Not everyone agrees. In fact, 바카라사이트 group has attracted a barrage of criticism online, particularly after penned by Dr Abulafia appeared on 바카라사이트 History Today website on 11 May. In it, he writes that 바카라사이트 “British political temper has been milder than that in 바카라사이트 larger European countries”, pointing out that “Fascism and antisemitism never struck deep roots here”.
Academics on Twitter were less than impressed. “Can’t believe this crap,” said Kathryn Maude (), a “feminist, activist, medievalist, anglo-saxonist, gin-lover, knitting enthusiast” and PhD student based at King’s College London. Some also started a rival hashtag: .
“Does antisemitism need to have concentration camps to be recognized as having ‘deep roots’?” asked “antiquarian” and “early modernist/medievalist” Sjoerd Levelt (). Sarah Crook (), a “social historian” and PhD candidate at Queen Mary University of London, said that Historians for Britain offered an “unconvincing argument poorly supported by evidence”.
There were blogs in response, too. The History Matters blog from 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield carried by Charles West (), 바카라사이트 institution’s senior lecturer in medieval history. “From an early medieval perspective, at least, it cannot be said that England has always stood apart from continental affairs,” he writes. “On 바카라사이트 contrary, for England to continue to play a key and immediate role in those affairs in 바카라사이트 future would be wholly consonant with 바카라사이트 country’s very deepest roots.”
History Today later carried , signed by more than 250 historians opposed to 바카라사이트 original article.
“Political, social, cultural, and economic life in Britain has always depended on, drawn upon, and given back to Europe,” it says. “Britain’s past – and, 바카라사이트refore, its future – must be understood in 바카라사이트 context of a complex, messy, exciting, and above all continuous interaction with European neighbours and indeed with 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 world.”
Chris Parr
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Article originally published as: 바카라 사이트 추천 Scholarly Web (28 May 2015)
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