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This paper elaborates upon and attempts to contextualise an intensive debate that unfolded in 2015 over the basic historical sciences. These had been put on the defensive by job cuts and a reduction in their share of the historical curriculum, even as the importance of these subjects for external funding, the practical application of curricular material and the further development of and research upon digitized source materials (available in ever larger quantities) received increased emphasis. It is moreover worth emphasizing that the research at the centre of the basic historical sciences continues to attract a gratifying amount of attention from the press. Thanks to the enormous interest of junior researchers, these sciences are well represented in the new media. Research networks, funding programs and job postings all give reason to hope that the basic historical sciences once again rest on a firm basis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]