It’s a well-worn trope that history is written by the victors. It can also be said that it is written by those in power. In Europe, the combination of these two statements means history is written by ...

"Even though the Iron Curtain fell decades ago, today's historiography often still includes a Cold War inspired East-West perspective, especially when it comes to the topic of violence. Western Europe ...

When studying the past, it is tempting to explore what men and women aspired to: what sorts of societies they envisioned, and what sorts of measures they undertook to make them real. This is a hopeful ...

J. Horne, ‘Beyond Cultures of Victory and Defeat:Interwar Veterans’ Internationalism’, in J. Eichenberg and J.P. Newman, The Great War and Veterans’Internationalism (New York, NY 2013).

This course is available on the MA in Asian and International History (LSE and NUS), MA in Modern History, MSc in Comparative Politics, MSc in European and International Public Policy, MSc in European ...

The blaze that destroyed Notre Dame de Paris in 2019, the earthquake that destroyed the basilica of L'Aquila in 2009, or the current devastating war going on in Ukraine – the fragility of historic ...