Welcome to the website of the Public and Popular History Seminar of the University of Cambridge.

For the current programme, click here, or get a PDF here. You can also view a Director’s Cut of selected past events that include abstracts and videos.

What happens when history narratives are produced not for library bookshelves but for a mass audience? Does popularisation of history automatically mean dumbing down? Who are the people who make history for the public sphere, and what are their motivations and priorities? The Public & Popular History seminar series brings them together, film makers, journalists, professional historians and museum curators. Through talks, multi-media presentations, panel discussions, and debates the seminar explores the practices and characteristics of public and popular history in the contemporary world.

The seminar is currently run by Scott Anthony, Bernhard Fulda and David Reynolds. (For past events, please click here.)

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