The German Peasants' War (1524-26) was the largest uprising in Western Europe before the French Revolution. Lyndal Roper recalls how a cycle ride around Germany led her to appreciate the sheer scale of its history.
Whose lives count in the modern history of extinction? Sadiah Qureshi considers what historians can learn by paying attention to the remarkable lives of plants.
How did a protest by a group of women from a Christian anarchist movement inspire a 1960s American folk song? Victoria Peretitskaya explores the origins of the song, the protest and its feminist legacy.
How can we use oral history to capture the diverse history of the UK environmental movement? Barbara Brayshay and Saskia Papadakis introduce the OHEM archive.
The idea of making amends for slavery has a long genealogy in Britain. Catherine Hall examines this history alongside vital questions of race and repair for our present moment.
In the eighteenth century, landlords in the Scottish Highlands began to exert greater control over what their tenants planted and how they planted it. Cat Scothorne shows how these 'reforms' disrupted resilient ecological practices.
Throughout modern history, overseas students have neither been entirely rejected nor genuinely accepted. Nilakshi Das examines this discourse as it shifted over time.
What entitles a life to a place in the annals of feminist history? Marybeth Hamilton explores the marginalisation of writer and drifter, Valerie Solanas.
Hannah Skoda shows the historically persistent connection between abuse of animals and abuse of intimate partners. Through the ages, abusers have often expressed nostalgia for the 'good old days' of severe patriarchy.
Solitude remains one of the most puzzling eternals of the human condition. Barbara Taylor discusses what the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe reveals about its many forms.
Vivien Chan, Beckie Rutherford, Sally Alexander & Jeffrey Weeks
How did History Workshop Journal's editorial collective sustain its commitment to radical history over fifty tumultuous years? Sally Alexander and Jeffrey Weeks discuss.
Ten illustration students from Nottingham Trent University consider their personal connections to the past and what it means to practice history from below.
Three of our past and present editors reflect on the ways in which History Workshop Journal has influenced and inspired their practice during their time on the History Workshop collective.
From histories of the French Revolution, to policing in Early Modern England, to LGBTQ+ histories, these reflections highlight HWJ as a valuable resource across many different classrooms.
History Workshop editors share their reflections on the radical books and films which have compelled them, fascinated them, and moved them throughout 2025.
What insights can feminists gain from revisiting the 1975 World Congress for International Women’s Year in East Berlin? Natali Moreira investigates this overlooked event using the Women of the Whole World journal.
Vipin Krishna explores how colonial officials in nineteenth-century India turned linguistics into a tool for classification, surveillance, and control.
