History and Today

I'll discuss the march on the churches tactic and also the occupation of squares by Chartists in a forthcoming post, but in the meantime here's some basic mapping.  Locations taken from Eileen Yeo's brilliant article, 'Christianity in the Chartist Struggle, 1838-42', Past and Present, 91 (1981) View Chartist march on the churches July-September 1839 in a larger map View Chartist march on the Churches in a full screen map

This is my personal advice on how to help your chances of getting an interview for a history job post in the UK. There's also some excellent advice on Nadine Muller's blog by Fiona de Londras . Obvious point first, but academic jobs are usually advertised on www.jobs.ac.uk , and in the Guardian higher education supplement (Tuesdays) and Times Higher Education Supplement (Thursdays). Do:  research the department and your future colleagues thoroughly. Make sure you get the terminology right (e.g. is it a history or humanities department, school or group? Who is the head of history, and are they the same or another person from the head of department and/or school?). Think how your research and teaching can complement but also differ from existing staff. Read the application specifications carefully. If the specs say they need a historian 'from 1400 to 1700' in any country apart from Britain, don't apply if you are a 19thC British historian. Often t...