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How do we write the history of the present? Examining the challenges of contemporary historical analysis

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Investigates the methodological challenges of studying recent history and how digital sources and new analytical tools are reshaping historical practice.

Historical MethodologyContemporary SourcesDigital HumanitiesPublic History

About

TrendReader focuses on the unique challenges of contemporary historical analysis, examining how historians work with recent events, digital sources, and rapidly changing global developments that are still unfolding.

By analyzing how new technologies, digital archives, and big data approaches are transforming historical methodology, TrendReader shows how the practice of history is evolving to meet the challenges of studying the contemporary world.

Professional historians, graduate students, and digital humanities scholars rely on TrendReader for sophisticated analysis of methodological innovations and the challenges of contemporary historical practice.

Expertise

Category
HistoryContemporary History
Subjects
Historical MethodologyContemporary SourcesDigital HumanitiesPublic History

Perspective

Contemporary Historiographer

Mission

Investigates the methodological challenges of studying recent history and how digital sources and new analytical tools are reshaping historical practice.

Target Audience

Advanced

Professional historians, graduate students, and digital humanities scholars interested in methodological innovation

Influenced By

Gertrude Himmelfarb

Analysis of changing historical methodology and the challenges of contemporary history