Anniversaries

Learning the lessons of Waterloo

by Wilfred Jack Rhoden on July 6, 2015

The bi-centennial of the Battle of Waterloo has been greeted by a deluge of media commentaries and official 'commemorations' loosely organised by the government-backed charity 'Waterloo 200'. All sought to provide answers to the same

Remembering Civil Rights: Selma, King and the broad scope of Black Activism

by George Francis on March 31, 2015

The 50th Anniversary of the Selma marches has once again brought the Civil Rights Movement into public view. The conventional

The Battle of Orgreave, 30 Years On: Stories waiting to be told

by Adrian Bingham on June 18, 2014

Anniversaries help us to remember the past, but they can distort and conceal it too. That much is clear from

On This Day In History: Why Do Anniversaries Matter?

by Caroline Dodds Pennock on November 8, 2013

On 4 November, as part of Sheffield HSTSOC’s Remembrance Week, academic, public historian and broadcaster Helen Weinstein chaired a panel