What, in your view, are the aims of History Reclaimed?
My take is that it’s a project exploring the ‘culture wars’ that are going on, and how history fits within them. It seems to me that history is currently being used for political purposes that have very little to do with the past. One of the aims of History Reclaimed is to reclaim history from that abuse.
Do you see History Reclaimed as being part of a wider movement?
I think it’s part of a reaction to the way in which academia, particularly, has seen a trend towards - in simple terms - a ‘woke’ approach to history. This approach encourages academics and students to conform to a stereotypical view of the west as exploitative and culturally dominating, and I think it is being used for political
