Category: Academic
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The Price of Peace: Tacitus’ Outlook Upon One-Man Rule
Ben Clarke writes that Tacitus, born under Nero, offers a sharp critique of one-man rule in Rome. Drawing on his senatorial background, he reveals how the principate eroded libertas, portraying imperial rule as a trade-off between stability and freedom, and condemning both tyranny and senatorial submission.
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Machivalli’s Nightmare: Saint-Exupéry and the Philosophy of le Petit Prince
Alexander Stroem explores The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, transcending the children’s book label, and exploring the profound humanist themes such as love and friendship amid a backdrop of World War II. Saint-Exupéry’s work serves as a critique of adult behaviour and a plea for compassion, instilling essential values in both children and adults…
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Representations of Women Working in the NHS within Medical Romance Novels
Lauren Hood explores how romance novels from publishers like Mills & Boon have portrayed women in medicine since 1948.
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The Painted Question, The Iconoclast Answer
Abby Hughes explores the history and slashing of Diego Velázquez’s Rokeby Venus.
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Mao’s “Revolutionary” State or the Continuation of Imperial Rule? A Look at the Founding of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps
Roya investigates the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, established in 1954, which aimed to consolidate control over Xinjiang through civil-military integration.
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Terracotta Warriors: The Conservation of the ‘World’s Eighth Wonder’
Emma Donaldson explores the history of the Terracotta and how they being preserved for the future.
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Clytemnestra’s Motherhood and Revenge in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon
Bethany Hicks-Gravener analyses Clytemnestra’s psychological construction in the Greek tragedy, Agamemnon, providing a fascinating textual evaluation that is set within recent approaches to classical studies of honour.
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The October Revolution: A Social Uprising or a Calculated Bolshevik Operation
Lydia discusses the transformation in Russia during 1917, highlighting the revolutionary fervor, public desperation, and socio-economic problems leading to Bolshevik control.
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