The latest History Carnival is up at Knitting Clio, taking us from Australia to the US by way of Europe. Read it now!
Posted on 1 February 2011
Welcome!
The History Carnival is a monthly showcase of blog writing about history, usually held on the 1st day of the month. It's hosted at a different blog each month to provide a variety of approaches and perspectives.
The History Carnival also hosts The Broadside, a regularly updated collection of history news found by our friends on Twitter.
Carnival Nominations
History is an enormously diverse field, and we aim for a wide range of blogs and subjects to be represented. We welcome suitable nominations from anyone with something interesting to say about history, 'academic' or 'popular': specialist topics, research, teaching, sources, debates and controversies.
Posts consisting merely of links or quotes from other blogs are not usually considered. Writing that engages with the past to discuss present issues may be accepted, but should include significant historical content and analysis. Factual accuracy and integrity in the use of sources are vitally important.
All nominations are vetted by the host of the edition, whose decision is final.
How to submit nominations
All nominated posts should have been published since the most recent Carnival edition (or at most a few days before that).
1. You can send an email to the host of the upcoming edition (address normally included in all carnival announcements). Include the title and full URL of the post you are nominating, and the name of the blog. Please also put 'History Carnival' somewhere in the title of the email.
2. Or you can send an email using the simple nomination form at this site.
Latest Carnival
Next Carnival
To be hosted at Cotswold History on 1 March 2011.
Posted on 30 December 2010
Women's History Carnival: The Women's History Carnival is running throughout March 2011: more information here!
Hosting a Carnival
The History Carnival is on the look out for hosts! If you've enjoyed reading the Carnivals, why not take a turn at hosting and help to keep them running?
To host, you must have your own blog, and you should have some familiarity with history blogs. Hosts certainly do not have to be academic historians, but do need to have some knowledge of the field, preferably through personal experience of historical research and writing. Pseudonymous bloggers are welcome.
Hosting does require a few hours' work, sifting through nominations and compiling the carnival. (Imaginative themes are always welcomed but not compulsory.)
Please note that the Carnival co-ordinator has absolute discretion in approving, assigning and scheduling Carnival hosts.
Contacting the Co-ordinator
You can email the Carnival co-ordinator, Sharon Howard, using this contact form, or send a tweet @historycarnival.
