MasterHistorian: Aussies learn their history off TVAussies love historical dramas, but historians need to get actively involved with film production — since it’s how the public is learning their history, writes Ruth Balint.
Academic historian
Reviewing history: Whose interpretation do we go by?
Traditional views of the teaching of history have been superseded. One of the strengths of history as a discipline is that it is contestable – you have to weigh evidence to find out “what really happened”, not merely read a textbook interpretation of it, writes Nick Ewbank.
