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The Sidewise Historian

Peering at the past through unexpected lenses and media

The Sidewise Historian

Peering at the past through unexpected lenses and media

Part of the Conversation

Museums and creative engagement with the past

  Wenqing Peng   10 April 2021

Wenqing Peng pays a visit to a local history museum to investigate the dynamic ways in which museums represent and relate to the pasts they put on display... [Read More]
museums  China  Record of the Three Kingdoms  Romance of the Three Kingdoms 

The Spectre of the Gun

Star Trek and the Cold War

  Simon Coll   27 February 2021

Like all television, the original Star Trek was a product of its time, and like all great television, it engaged with that political and social fabric in an interesting and opinionated way... [Read More]
television  science fiction  Star Trek  Cold War  communism 

History Made Fun

A post by a self-confessed history-phobic student who took a new look at her most dreaded subject a decade later

  Ningyang Chen   30 January 2021  (last modified 3 March 2021)

Guest author Ningyang Chen discusses how video games helped redeem the study of history in her eyes... [Read More]
video games  education  China  gamification  Europa Universalis  Victoria  Hearts of Iron  Romance of the Three Kingdoms 

Video Games: Rewriting History in the Public Mind?

  Wenqing Peng   21 May 2020  (last modified 4 April 2021)

In our first guest post, Wenqing Peng reflects on the intersection of history, video games and Chinese game shows... [Read More]
video games  China  Honor of Kings  Xiang Yu  Romance of the Three Kingdoms 

Book Review: Prime Minister Corbyn, edited by Duncan Brack and Iain Dale

  Simon Coll   16 March 2020  (last modified 10 February 2021)

A selection of UK political counterfactuals that (for the most part) take the field seriously... [Read More]
counterfactual history  Duncan Brack  Iain Dale  politics  UK  Jeremy Corbyn 

Down the Rabbit Hole

An introduction to history and alternate reality games

  Simon Coll   22 January 2020  (last modified 12 February 2021)

ARGs offer a host of advantages to those attempting to teach people about and engage people in history, and their educational potential has barely begun to be tapped... [Read More]
ARGs  education  gamification 

Book Review: Playing with the Past, edited by M. W. Kapell and A. B. R. Elliott

  Simon Coll   9 December 2019  (last modified 3 March 2021)

A look at Matthew Kappell and Andrew Elliott's edited tome on the theory and practice of exploring history through video games... [Read More]
video games  ludology  narratology  gamification  Sid Meier's Colonization  Fallout  Romance of the Three Kingdoms  Sid Meier's Civilization  Age of Empires  Total War 

Not (Just) a Parlour Game

An introduction to counterfactual history

  Simon Coll   23 November 2019  (last modified 12 February 2021)

'What if' speculation is widespread and virtually irresistible – but some historians are developing it into an increasingly refined and useful tool for historical analysis... [Read More]
counterfactual history  E. H. Carr 

Simon Coll  •  2021  •  The Sidewise Historian

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