EPOCH History Magazine

08/07/2025

How did feral horses come to settle in Southern Namibia?

In issue 20, Vincenzo Cohen analysed the competing theories as to the origins of feral horses in south-west Africa, and their struggle for survival today.

Read on👇
https://www.epoch-magazine.com/post/feral-horses

29/06/2025

Have you ever pondered inter-communal relations in the medieval world?

In our June issue, Brandon M. Bender investigated the history of Inuit-Norse contact in medieval Greenland - a glimpse into a fascinating subject.

Check it out! 👇

The Norse Greenlanders and Inuit may not appear to have much in common at first glance, but they have a fascinating shared history. Each had moved into Greenland from elsewhere and shared it from roughly the thirteenth to the fifteenth century. These two very different cultures – one from Europe a...

22/06/2025

What can petitions tell us about politics in the Plantagenet world?

Josh Coulthard examines an underutilised source base, and provided a tutorial for others looking to do the same!👇

The Article-> https://www.epoch-magazine.com/post/voices-from-the-margins-the-politics-of-petitioning-in-the-plantagenet-world
The Tutorial -> https://www.epoch-magazine.com/post/epoch-tutorials-reading-resistance

Firstly, follow the link to the National Archives search bar or follow this link to the SC 8 catalogue. From here, you can search for any term that you believe might appear in the petition description. Some examples might include ‘wife’, ‘rebel’ or ‘York’. To see only results from SC 8, ...

17/06/2025

How did humble fishing vessels contribute to Allied Victory during the Great War?

In our latest issue, Cian Lynch uncovered the history of the Royal Navy's little ships that made a big difference.

Read it here!👇
https://www.epoch-magazine.com/post/beating-the-u-boat-how-trawlers-won-the-great-war-at-sea

11/06/2025

Q***r Periodicals in the First Czechoslovak Republic

In Issue 20, Rebeka Erdelyiova investigated the fascinating history of q***r media networks in the early twentieth century.

👉 https://www.epoch-magazine.com/post/q***r-periodicals-in-the-first-czechoslovak-republic

01/06/2025

🎉Issue 20 is now live!🎉

Join us in exploring a special fifth anniversary edition of EPOCH featuring a range of fantastic articles from emerging historians across the globe.

From disability rights in late 1980s Hungary to female philosophers of antiquity, this is one of our widest-ranging issues to date. What better way to celebrate 5 years of EPOCH?

Available now at:
https://epoch-magazine.com

07/05/2025

From our archive:

In EPOCH Issue 2, Dr Leoni Connah traced some of the contours of post-partition history to contextualise why Kashmir remains contested. She concludes with a call for the recentering of the interests of Kashmiris and their right to self-determination.

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Kashmir’s history can be discussed as far back as the 3rd Century BC. Kashmir has seen the rise and fall of numerous empires and dynasties s

01/04/2025

Extra! Extra! Read all about our favourite historical misconceptions with a special Editors' Picks feature from the EPOCH team.

Bringing myth, mirth, and merriment to your April Fool's Day!

Read it here:
https://www.epoch-magazine.com/post/a-trio-of-myths-and-misconceptions

24/03/2025

Dive into the world of historical architecture with EPOCH Magazine.

Our new editorial showcases some must-see historical buildings and their rich histories.

The EPOCH Editorial TeamWe all have a favourite building. As odd as that may sound, if someone approached you in the street to ask what yours was, it is more than likely that you would be able to come up with an answer. That is just what we asked the EPOCH Editorial Team, and the selection of sites....

21/03/2025

Discover the intriguing story of Empress Go-Sakuramachi and her impact on the Imperial Court, in this article by Hirohito Tsuji.

One of the characteristics of the Imperial Family of Japan is that the 126 successive generations of emperors have been succeeded by the patrilineal line without exception since the first, Emperor Jinmu.

20/03/2025

🏙️ Halfway Houses, Psychiatry, and Public Fear in 1980s Hong Kong

When Hong Kong expanded psychiatric care in the 1980s, public perception was a significant obstacle. Plans for halfway houses aimed to reintegrate recovered patients, but fear and stigma, heightened by a 1982 stabbing incident, led to public protests and resistance.

"Douglas" Cheung Wai Chung explores the tensions between urbanisation, psychiatry, and public fear: https://www.epoch-magazine.com/post/halfway-houses-psychiatry-and-hong-kong-in-the-1980s

In Hong Kong, the 1980s saw rapid progress in urbanisation and development.

19/03/2025

✉️ Letters from Drancy

How do you write to your loved ones when your future is uncertain? The detainees of Drancy, a transit camp in Nazi-occupied France, left behind letters filled with everyday concerns—but also silent fears.

Jenna Mornas dives into these personal writings, uncovering the ways detainees used words to express, and conceal, their realities.

📖 Read it here: https://www.epoch-magazine.com/post/letters-from-drancy

This article was initially given as a talk at Lancaster University to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. It was the first time the Szafran’s history was ever shared outside the family.