All posts by Kim Edwards Keates
Researching and Re-telling the Past: Blogging about Disability History
Scoffing at Blogging: A Converted Public History Postgrad

When I sat in my first undergraduate seminar at university, the class was told that a learning diary was compulsory. I couldn’t have been more uninspired, unenthusiastic or determined not to produce a notebook filled with forced wishy-washy scribbles... Needless to say, after four … Continue Reading ››
Blogging the Archives: ‘The Writing Lives Project’
History and Social Media: Using Blogging Beyond the Classroom
‘Blogging for Historians’: Writing Lives and Jack Goring
“Blogging For Historians” Workshop, University of Glasgow
Invited by the University of Glasgow to present at the ‘Blogging for Historians’ workshop (September 2014), LJMU students Jade Barber, Elliot McGaffney, and Victoria Hoffman shared their experiences of conducting original historical research by using online digital archives.

Here, Elliot introduces the new … Continue Reading ››
“Blogging For Historians” Workshop at the University of Glasgow
Blogging Beyond the Classroom: Students as Active Partners in Research and Public Engagement
Showcasing the work of LJMU students on two undergraduate English modules – ‘Writing Lives’ and ‘Prison Voices’ – in which students create a public website to disseminate their research via blogs and social media, the Prezi above accompanied a paper jointly delivered by Helen Rogers and student presenters John England, … Continue Reading ››
Going Public: Blogging and Student Online Research
Developing a public website to promote their research blogs, English students on the second year ‘Prison Voices’ module at Liverpool John Moores University share their experiences – the challenges and rewards – as student researchers and bloggers.
Featuring extracts from the undergraduate Research Evaluations posted on the ‘Prison Lives’ website, the … Continue Reading ››