Category: Academic
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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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Cleaning Up Auld Reekie: Dr Henry Littlejohn and the Public Health of Edinburgh
Edinburgh has historically been known as ‘Auld Reekie,’ owing to the fact that for most of its existence it smelled awful. Ailsa Fraser explores how Dr Henry Littlejohn, the city’s first Medical Officer, helped to clean up the city.
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Feminist Interventions in Art from 1970 – 2010
Emily Jones charts the evolution of Feminist Art from the late 1960s, emphasising women’s marginalisation in the male-dominated art world and analysing work notably by the Guerrilla Girls, Valie Export, and Martha Rosler.
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Witnessing the Spanish Civil War- A Visual Archive from the Republican Side.
Arianna North Castell discusses the impact of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) on Catalan identity and resilience through visual records, particularly photographs by Antoni Campañà. These images reveal women’s unfiltered role in both combat and social recovery, serving as poignant reminders of a traumatic history, urging remembrance.
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Art in the Harlem Renaissance and its Legacy
Flora Gilchrist explores the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance through the work of African American artist Aaron Douglas and Charles Henry Alston.
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The Impact of the 1979 Revolution on Iranian Women: Gains, Losses, and Contradictions
The Iranian Revolution of 1979, led by Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, drastically altered women’s rights, particularly the rights of middle- and upper-class women. Yael Frankie discusses the previous regime, the Shah’s regime, in comparison with Khomeini’s policies which severely restricted women’s economic and personal autonomy.
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The role of Khomeini in the 1979 Iranian Revolution
The 1979 Iranian Revolution resulted in the toppling of the Pahlavi dynasty and the creation of the Islamic Republic. Olivia Norbury acknowledges Khomeini’s role in unifying the Iranian people and cementing the ideology of political Islam. However, Norbury also seeks to explore other reasons for revolution, such as Shari’ati’s ideology and secular beliefs.
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The art of travel in medieval England – dispelling the myth around medieval travel
Travel is often viewed as a modern phenomenon. Fleur O’Reilly wishes to counter this notion by exploring the various reasons, ranging from pilgrimages to trade, as to why medieval people of all social ranks travelled.
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