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welcome to the online home of the Past & Present Society

welcome to the online home of the Past & Present Society

About P&P

Founded in 1952, the Past and Present Society runs a journal, Past and Present, has its own book series, sponsors conferences, and appoints up to four postdoctoral fellows every year.

Past and Present is widely acknowledged to be the liveliest and most stimulating historical journal in the English-speaking world. The journal’s contents reflect the Society’s

belief that history should be accessible and interesting to a wide range of readers, and its articles are intended to appeal to non-specialists as well as to experts. Since its inception in 1952, the mark of a P&P article was that it should be a properly researched study which showed an awareness of the wider implications of that research. Its remit is worldwide, and across all time periods.

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Reflections Upon Histories of Scottish Politics in the Age of Union c.1700-1945

By Josh Allen - September 17, 2024 (0 comments)

by Dr. Sarah Moxey (Open University) Over the last decade or so contemporary Scottish politics has been a dominant topic on the news agenda, however, Scottish political history has not…

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"National liberation by other means: US visitor diplomacy in the Vietnam War's" contemporary resonance

By Josh Allen - August 5, 2024 (0 comments)

by Prof. Pierre Asselin (San Diego State University) As I sit here and reflect on the contemporary relevance of my Past & Present article “National liberation by other means: US visitor…

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Reflections Upon The Epistemology of Ancient Embryology Conference

By Josh Allen - July 31, 2024 (0 comments)

by Dr. Chiara Blanco (Newcastle University) The academic conference ‘The Epistemology of Ancient Embryology’ took place over three days from the 1st to the 3rd of July 2024 at the…

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