Jonathan Steinberg obituary
Historian whose work Bismarck: A Life is considered the best study of its subject in the English language
Researchers read sealed 17th-century letter without opening it
‘Virtual unfolding’ is hailed a breakthrough in the study of historic documents as unopened letter from 1697 is read for the first time using X-ray technology
Fears rise that Polish libel trial could threaten future Holocaust research
Case brought in wake of rightwing government criminalising blame of Polish nation for Nazi crimes could have implications for further research
Drexciya: how Afrofuturism is inspiring calls for an ocean memorial to slavery
The alternative Black history of a deep-sea civilisation planted the seed for ideas on how to memorialise the 1.8 million Africans who died in the Atlantic
Stephen Cohen obituary
US historian who argued that the Soviet Union could have been reformed and need not have ended when it did
Ned Willmott obituary
Other lives: Historian who brought sharp critical thinking to historiography
The new monuments we need? Your nan’s old dress or a Stormzy lyric carved in stone
Instead of stern, elevated statues, here are some ways I’d like to remember
Malcolm Chase obituary
Social historian who was a leading authority on the Chartists
Paul Addison obituary
Historian of British politics and society during and after the second world war
Antonia Gransden obituary
Other lives: One of the foremost medievalists of her generation
Sir Michael Howard obituary
One of Britain’s greatest military historians hailed for his 1961 masterpiece The Franco-Prussian War
Hollow Places by Christopher Hadley review – dragons and the nature of history
This ingenious book, a compelling wild goose chase, begins with a tomb and traces a legend through a thousand years
Hugh Brogan obituary
Leading historian of the US admired for his acclaimed biographies of Alexis de Tocqueville and Arthur Ransome
Ibram X Kendi on why not being racist is not enough
The historian on how he confronted his own racism and the lessons he learned along the way, the far right’s abuse of free speech, and why the rise of the Squad gives him hope
Norman Stone obituary
Historian and controversial media commentator who taught at Cambridge, Oxford and in Turkey