History Business: A Guide to Being a Historian for Hire
From organisational tips to how to promote your work, hosts Lucy Jane Santos and Laura Fitzachary are joined by guests to take an honest look at building a freelance career in history.
Episodes
10 episodes
Season 2, Episode 5: Self Care for Freelancers (with guest host Christina Lister)
It's the Season 2 finale!!Lucy & Laura are joined by the wonderful Christina Lister, who in this episode helped us delve into the often overlooked, but certainly vital topic of self care for freelancers...Whether its maintai...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:07:47
Season 2, Episode 4: Presenting History (with guest host Dr. Karen Bellinger)
Lucy & Laura are joined by the ever brilliant Dr. Karen Bellinger, who in this episode helped us delve into field of presenting history and provided insightful tips on being an historian in front of the camera...From podcasts to doc...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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50:27
Season 2, Episode 3: History for the Masses (with guest host Nathen Amin)
Lucy & Laura are joined by the ever brilliant Nathen Amin, who in this episode helped us delve into field of history for the public and the role historians play in informing the masses...From curating engaging articles to collaborat...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:05:47
Season 2, Episode 2: Historians on Set (with guest host Sam Wilson)
Lucy & Laura are joined by the very accomplished Sam Wilson, who in this episode helped us delve into field of historians and their roles behind the camera...Whether you're a budding archaeologist looking to transfer your skil...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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58:20
Season 2, Episode 1: Representing History (with guest host Nigel Hetherington, Past Preservers)
Lucy & Laura are joined by the very brilliant Nigel Hetherington, CEO of Past Preservers, who in this bumper episode helped us delve into world of representation and getting an agent as a freelance historianIf you've ever wondered h...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:04:27
Season 1, Episode 5: Finance & Business (with guest host Karen Averby) - Season 1 finale
To round up Season 1, Lucy & Laura are joined by the incredibly generous Karen Averby to delve into the world of finances, business all basically the admin side of being a historian for hire.Whether it is having a robust payme...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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51:13
Season 1, Episode 4: Publishing (with guest host Rosie Maggs)
Lucy & Laura are joined by the brilliant Rosie Maggs who helped us delve into world of publishing as a freelance historianFrom elevating the way in which historians share their work to the historians themselves taking over the publi...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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54:34
Season 1, Episode 3: Networking (with guest host Jessica Storoschuk)
Lucy & Laura are joined by the innately generous Jessica Storoschuk who, in this bumper episode, helped us delve into world of networking as a freelance historianWhether it is emailing a peer in the field, creating a newsletter or j...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:24:52
Season 1, Episode 2: Selling History (with guest host Alicia Schult)
Lucy & Laura are joined by the extremely talented Alicia Schult to delve into the world of bringing history to life and by that we mean bringing it right to your dressing table…From recreations of 18th century face wash to vin...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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1:06:34
Season 1, Episode 1: Online Presence (with guest host Natasha Billson)
Lucy & Laura are joined by the incredibly insightful Natasha Billson to delve into the importance of having an online presence as a freelance historianFrom professional websites to business Instagram accounts, this episode was an in...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:07:59