He was born in London of Welsh parentage and educated at Jesus College and St. Richard J Evans is Regius Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Cambridge and was until recently Provost of Gresham College, London. This lecture argues that a far greater threat to open debate about British history, the empire, the role of slavery and other sensitive subjects is posed by the government's continuing attempts to control and in some cases suppress research into these topics in the interests of imposing its own, supposedly patriotic version of the British past in a range of areas in public life. Ministers and supporters of Boris Johnson's government have been lining up to condemn the „rewriting“ of British history and what they see as attempts to impose a single, „politically correct“ version of it on public discourse and institutions such as the National Trust and the Royal Botanic Gardens, among others. Der britische Historiker Sir Richard J Evans (Cambridge) trägt vor zu 'The History Wars: The role of the past in British politics today'. Zum zweiten Mal findet die Annual Lecture des AGF (Arbeitskreis Großbritannien-Forschung) online statt. If (('gtm=off') const isAppRedirect = ('appRedirect') Ĭonst isAndroid = /Android/i.test(erAgent) Ĭonst isIphone = /iPhone|iPad|iPod/i.test(erAgent) Elton’s The Practice of History, Evans’ In Defense of History delivers “a model of lucid and intelligent historiographical analysis” (The Guardian, UK). He then goes on to explain the deadly political dangers of losing a historical perspective on the way we live our lives. In staunch opposition to the wilder claims of postmodern historians, Evans thoroughly dismantles the notion that a realistic grasp of history is impossible to attain. Taking us into the historians’ workshop, he offers a firsthand look at how good history gets written. At a time when fact and historical truth are under unprecedented assault, Evans shows us why history is necessary. Evans offers a fervent and deeply insightful defense of his craft and its importance to civilization. In this volume, the renowned historian Richard J. “A lucid, muscular, and often sly reflection” on the worth and purpose of historical scholarship by the award-winning author of The Third Reich Trilogy (Kirkus).

Richard evans in defence of history