Our Values
Learn about the core values of The HERstory Project, the motivations of our team and our hopes for the future of historical study. If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our achievement of these values, please contact us here!
Education
We believe that history has a distinct ability to inform and impact our society and culture today: as the old adage says, learn from history or repeat it. It's also important to recognise where we've been, and appreciate those who came before us. The HERstory Project intends to educate about those that history tends to neglect.
Accessibility
A key proponent of historical academic study is exclusivity, be it in the style of writing or language, the ability to access resources, there simply not being resources that exist, and often, no way for young historians to gain experience.
The HERstory Project aims to address this fundamental issue in historical education in several ways: our writing is made accessible and clear, we aim to increase the diversity of our team and our research, provide a space for historians to engage with academic research and publication, and The HERstory Project website will never be behind a paywall.
Enjoyment
Even we historians get bored of reading dull history. All of us want to engage with our research interests, and engage others! To keep our work accessible and educational it's important that we as historians and you, as our readers, have fun with it. If you have any suggestions about what you want to learn about, or what we can do to make our project more enjoyable, let us know here!