Ebook: Dethroning historical reputations: universities, museums and the commemoration of benefactors

The essays in this interdisciplinary collection are drawn from a conference at the Institute of Historical Research in the University of London. Historians, fundraisers, a sociologist and a museum director examine these current issues from different perspectives, with an introductory essay by Sir David Cannadine, president of the British Academy. Together they explore an emerging conflict between the past and present, history and ideology, and benefactors and their critics.

Published as part of the IHR Shorts Series by the Institute of Historical Research.