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Biography remains one of the most popular forms of non-fiction, and historical biography has often been the genre in which professional historians have written for a wider audience. But what happens when it is the historian who becomes the subject of t...

School of Advanced Study, University of London


    • Mar 18, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
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    History and Biography

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2015 54:57


    Institute of Historical Research History and Biography Professor Lawrence Goldman (Director of the IHR) Inaugural Lecture as Professor of History and Director of the Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of Lo...

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    History and Biography

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2015


    Institute of Historical Research History and Biography Professor Lawrence Goldman (Director of the IHR) Inaugural Lecture as Professor of History and Director of the Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of Lo...

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    The art of biography?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2013 12:25


    Institute of Historical Research History and Biography Conference The art of biography? Session: New approaches to biography: from Lives and Letters to Life-Writing Hermione Lee (Centre for Life-Writing, Wolfson College, Oxford)

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    Biography (and biographers) in theory and in practise

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2013 12:32


    Institute of Historical Research History and Biography Conference Biography (and biographers) in theory and in practise Session: New approaches to biography: from Lives and Letters to Life-Writing Meg Jensen (Centre for Life Narratives at Ki...

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    Life-writing, autobiography and fiction

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2013 20:35


    Institute of Historical Research History and Biography Conference Life-writing, autobiography and fiction Session: New approaches to biography: from Lives and Letters to Life-Writing Max Saunders (Centre for Life-Writing, King's College London)

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    Writing a biography of a woman who made history

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2013 28:07


    Institute of Historical Research History and Biography Conference Writing a biography of a woman who made history Session: The art of historical biography June Purvis (Portsmouth)

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