Category: Academic
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The Road to Brown and Little Rock: Beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States
Written by Jack Bennett. We often pinpoint moments in the Civil Rights Movement which led to massive change, but what came before? A look at events in the 1930s and 40s upon which the Civil Rights Movement was built.
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The New Midwives: Nineteenth-Century State Intervention in Reproduction
Written by Inge Erdal. The emergence of the nineteenth-century state has traditionally been traced through economic history. However, what role did it play in the sphere of reproduction? Analysing the states attempts to intervene in reproduction, opens new ways to conceiving its power.
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The Haunting of House Atreides
Written by Justin Biggi. The skene functioned as the space between theatre and playing area in Greek theatre. But, what were its metaphorical meanings? In what ways did it resemble a meta-theatrical haunted house?
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Queering the Bodysnatchers: McCarthyism and Moral Panic in the 1950s.
Written by Jess Womack. Queer identities and communism were viewed as inextricably linked in the eyes of many Americans. Although not a direct metaphor, Jack Finney’s 1954 horror novel, The Body Snatchers, can be understood as a warning against the general ‘un-american undesirable’ and reflected the anxieties of its time.
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“Let them Hate as Long as They Fear”: The Madness of Gaius Caligula
Written by Tristan Craig. Few Roman emperors invoke visceral reaction like Caligula. Infamous for supposedly naming his horse a consul and trying to “bridge” the Bay of Baiae, what lies behind the image of Caligula? How should his “madness” best be approached?
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Angels: Biblical Inconsistencies in the Early Medieval Catholic Church
Written by Alice Goodwin. Angels have been in the western public consciousness for centuries, yet they rarely appear in the Bible. What accounts for this inconsistency? And, what role did angels play in the early medieval Catholic Church?
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Dictatorship and Beyond: Rebellion and Refugees in Central America
Written by Jack Bennett. With the rise of neoliberal globalisation from the 1970s, national boundaries are purportedly more fluid to allow for the greater movement of people and commodities. For economic and political refugees from Central America, however, these national borders have not been nearly as fluid.
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Civil War and United States Humanitarianism in Nigeria
Written by Jack Bennett. Humanitarian intervention has become an accepted part of international relations, with global current affairs and news headlines from the Balkans in the 1990s to the current crisis in Syria and the Middle East. The origins of humanitarianism can be traced back to the Civil War which erupted in Nigeria in the…
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