What is history, now? : how the past and present speak to each other / edited by Helen Carr and Suzannah Lipscomb.

London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2022.

339 pages ; 20 cm

Prologue : Ways in / Helen Carr and Suzannah Lipscomb -- Why global history matters / Peter Frankopan -- Why history deserves to be at the movies / Alex von Tunzelmann -- Can and should we queer the past? / Justin Bengry -- What is vernacular history? / Sarah Churchwell -- How can we write the history of empire? / Maya Jasanoff -- Glorious memory / Dan Hicks -- How can we write the history of disability? / Jaipreet Virdi -- Can our emotions have a history? / Helen Carr -- What can prehistory and ancient history tell us about being wise? / Bettany Hughes -- Why diversity in Tudor England matters / Onyeka Nubia -- How can we recover the lost lives of women? / Susannah Lipscomb -- How do we write the history of religion? / Miri Rubin -- Why family history matters / Emily Brand -- How can museums open doors to the past? / Gus Casely-Hayford -- How making space for Indigenous peoples changes history / Leila K. Blackbird and Caroline Dodds Pennock -- How East Asia's past is shaping the present and future (or why we ignore China and Japan at our peril) / Rana Mitter -- Why history should always be rewritten / Charlotte Lydia Riley -- How literature shapes history / Islam Issa -- History, naturally / Simon Schama.

Includes bibliographical references.