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EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY'S HISTORY, CLASSICS AND ARCHAEOLOGY MAGAZINE

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Mercury Murder Mystery: An Analysis of the Demise of Tycho Brahe

Written by Kat Jivkova. The death of Tycho Brahe has been discussed for centuries, with recent forensic advancements allowing for a re-examination of the unfortunate circumstances surrounding his demise.
“Undeniable community service”: It’s A Sin and the Forgotten Women of the AIDS Crisis

Written by Ruby Hann. Russel T. Davies’ series It’s a Sin has captured the hearts of the British public with its tender portrayal of the HIV/AIDS crisis in the LGBT+ community. Yet, where are the women? Women were active throughout the crisis and it’s time that work was represented in the national conversation.
Swinging Seoul

Written by Jack Bennett. 1960s Seoul, and South Korea as a whole, was a beacon of anti-communism during the Cold War period, but how far can we see the political and social status of Seoul by looking at popular music culture?
Blackbeard: Satan or Saint?

Written by Amy Hendrie. Perhaps the most infamous of pirates, Blackbeard is one figure from the annals of history whose reputation precedes him. However, a closer examination of his life reveals a markedly different man from the murderous pirate of popular imagination.
Fangcheng Procedure in the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Arts Revisited

Written by Kat Jivkova. Some historiography has often made a division between Western and non-Western mathematics. Yet, Suanshu’s Nine Chapters suggest so-called “Western” mathematics may owe a greater debt to ideas developed in China.
The Combahee River Collective and Intersectionality in the Age of Identity

Written by Jess Womack. The Combahee River Collective grew out of disillusionments with “mainstream” feminism. Founded in the early 1980s by Black queer women, the Collective developed an “intersectional” approach to political activism.
Milton’s Eve and the roles of Women in Early Modern European Society

Written by Melissa Kane. Milton’s Paradise Lost offers insights into the roles of women in seventeenth-century European society.
History’s Underground Current, the Marxist Theory of History, its Faults, and Possible Resolutions

Written by Inge Erdal. Marxism has often been critiqued as teleological – reliant on an inevitable march towards communism through the motor of class struggle. Althusser may offer a route out of this critique through his notion of the “underground current.”