Welcome to the random ramblings of a history student
About a year ago a friend of mine made an off
the cuff
suggestion about starting a history blog. At the time and even now I am
instinctively dismissive of the idea. After all, there are some amazing,
high
quality blogs out there which receive a level of dedication and
attention I
could never hope to achieve. Currently, undertaking a full-time masters
degree
at Keele is swallowing up most of my time. However, the more I thought about
it the more
sense it made. I am not just a history student but I am OBSESSED with all aspects of history.
My
degree, and now my Masters degree are on history, and I spent an
extra year
at undergraduate level upgrading my degree to a degree with history. It
doesn’t
stop there however, I watch historical documentaries, visit historical
buildings and locations as often as I can, I read historical fiction, collect old
books, have
a passion for historical clothing and fashion, and even got married in a
stunning Tudor building. My obsession of history invades
every
part of my life- in fact most of my dreams take place in historical
settings,
and I realised maybe I needed an outlet! That is why I have started this
blog.I have no aims to academic pretensions and don’t expect to be writing much about history itself, rather the practice of history and historiographical debates. Questions like, what is a historian, why does history matter and other questions that mull around my head may be tackled. I also aim to use is as a tool to navigate my journey through my masters (and hopefully beyond).
NOTE: My poor health
adversely
affects my studies and so is
likely to affect the frequency and at times the content
of this
blog but I certainly don’t aim to make it a predominant feature.
However, I
hope if
anyone does read my blog they will allow me the indulgence if it does
come up
in conversation!
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