Writing History!: A Companion for Historians

by Jeannette Kamp, Susan Legêne, Matthias van Rossum

Historians not only have knowledge of history, but by writing about it and engaging with other historians from the past and present, they make history themselves. This companion offers young historians clear guidelines for the different phases of historical research; how do you get a good historical question? How do you engage with the literature? How do you work with sources from the past, from archives to imagery and objects, art, or landscapes? What is the influence of digitalisation of the historical craft? Broad in scope, Writing History! also addresses historians’ traditional support of policy makers and their activity in fields of public history, such as museums, the media, and the leisure sector, and offers support for developing the necessary skills for this wide range of professions.

Genres: History

168 pages, Paperback

Published May 24, 2018

Reviews

[Lies · Rating 5 out of 5]

Zojuist laatste paper voor mijn master ingeleverd, tijd voor een SO naar Jeannette Kamp. Kijk maar uit want ik kan nu officieel #geschiedenisschrijven

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[Stephen Sorensen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Writing History! is a wonderful introduction for historians and laypeople alike who are interested in how history can be written. It gives tips on how to conduct, publish, and present historical research. Being such a recent book, it has some good information on internet resources that I hadn't seen elsewhere yet. I recommend this book for beginners and lower intermediate level individuals who are interested in history.

[Brecht Reintsema]

Read this front to back for an upcoming essay (learning how to write for humanities is strange while having a natural sciences background) so I wanted to count this for my reading goal lol

[Xime · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was told to buy this book for my university course and it was a good run down of the needed basics for writing academic papers. Unfortunately, the section for citations was very much the Dutch style and in my opinion that is just Chicago style citations with modifications. I personally prefer to just stick to Chicago rules rather than the book's version. I also already had been given lessons on all this before I took the course so I didn't use it much. For beginners tho it's good.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although aimed at historians, the advice given can be used by any writer, especially in the field of academia.