No. 5 (2020): Spring 2020: History and Us

This year’s journal, much like those gone before, seeks to showcase the creative and diverse history written by Sussex students; providing a platform capable of recognising the labours and talent of students whilst also offering the opportunity for debate and reflection on undergraduate work by sharing it with wider academia. Unlike previous journals however, we have chosen not to centre this issue around a core historical theme per se. Rather, in line with our aim to embody the journal’s original purpose, we have chosen to devote the focus of this issue to the reflection and exhibition of the inherently personal work created by Sussex history students. In choosing the title ‘History and Us’ we aim to emphasise the experience of a history student at Sussex as one that is individual and collective, comprised of independent study carried out as part of a wider experience shared by students, staff and academia exterior to the university.

Edited by Edward Hewes and John Butcher.

Contents

Billie Early, Should we do history for ourselves and society, rather than to meet epistemological, ideological and methodological standards?
Naomi Hodges, How did male sexuality change within the Arabic speaking Ottoman Empire during the period 1800-1920s?
Toby Henry Shields, Why were migrants from the West Indies unable to successfully assimilate into post-war British life?
John Butcher, Understanding witchcraft accusations in the Early Modern period
Works in progress by Lava Ali, Dan Thompson, and Tomas Heasman