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The Rise and Fall of Wilsonianism
Eva Beere explores the factors which shaped President Wilson’s policies, considering how this influenced America’a international relations.
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Assimilation as a prerequisite for equality: The politics of immigrant integration in the Danish welfare state c.1960-2000
George Purdy explores twentieth-century approaches to immigration integration from the Danish welfare state
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The King of Spin – How Alastair Campbell went from the Dragon of Downing Street to revered Centrist Dad
Sam Mackenzie follows the career of ‘spin doctor’ Alistair Campbell, exploring how he was able to change public perceptions towards him.
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The Biafran Crisis: How Famine Redefined Humanitarianism
The Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970, arose from tensions between different and diverse ethnic groups following a forced union by British colonial powers. These struggles continued post Nigerian independence, and Louisa Steijger explores international responses to the Civil War which prompted a form of neo-humanitarianism.
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Beyond Consent: The Inconsistencies of Rape Laws in the antebellum South
The American legal system in the South before the Civil War was highly inconsistent, especially in term of rape and consent laws. Eva Beere explores these antebellum rape laws, and how Black women received less legal protection.
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“[T]he mute body speaks by its gesture and movement”: A Classical Corporeality in Catherine de Medici’s Tears
Harry Fry contextualises Catherine de Medici’s tears upon the death of her husband within early modern thinking about, and historiographical frameworks on emotion.
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Heritage and Amnesia: The Overlooked Legacy of Slavery in Britain’s Country Houses
Olivia Norbury uncovers the untold history of slavery in British country houses.
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King Alfred’s Victorian Millenary
Fleur O’Reilly explores Alfred the Great’s legacy as a unifier and educational reformer and how his reign shaped England’s identity and history.
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