EU Referendum | History Matters

1975 and all that

by Martin Brown on June 20, 2016

Apparently it’s 1975 all over again: another referendum on British membership of the European Union looms and a ‘New Cold War’ is underway with Russia.More cautious voices such as Mark Galotti and Andrew Monahan reject the

Europe: A Jekyll and Hyde continent

by Dina Gusejnova on June 15, 2016

Not another book on Europe! Every new crisis prompts historians to reconsider previous attempts to develop the idea. For many

War minus the shooting: UK, Europe and international football

by Matthew McDowell on June 10, 2016

The run-up to the EU Referendum has taken place in the wake of the completion of two major annual projects

What makes a good society? One more historian for the EU

by Julia McClure on June 8, 2016

If there is a European question it is this: how does a society come into existence and how is it

The uses and abuses of history in the EU Referendum

by Tom Jackson on June 6, 2016

The debate on the EU referendum is never far from a historical comparison or ‘lesson’. David Cameron warned that ‘What

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What is Europe? A medievalist’s reflections on European identity and the referendum

by Martial Staub on April 7, 2016

What is Europe? The answer to this question is notoriously complicated, which in itself sets Europe apart from all the other continents. As soon as Greek geographers had distinguished the three landmasses to the North-East, the

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