Category: Features
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The Skye Bridge: A Snapshot
Written by Mhairi Ferrier. On 16 October 1995, the Skye Bridge was officially opened, seeing the island connected to the mainland by road for the first time. However, despite the opportunities it brought to residents, it was not without controversy.
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Diversities in Curatorial Practice
Written by Simone Witney. How do we assign ethical value to the objects we display in museums? Examining our relationship with historical objects and artwork, this article shines a light on the role of the curator, and how curatorial intentions can be misinterpreted.
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From Proposal to Published: Writing Histories of Atlantic Slavery
Retrospect’s Welcome Week interview with Dr. Sowande’ Mustakeem on her 2016 monograph, Slavery at Sea.
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How Pandemics Have Shaped History
Written by Ella Raphael. A look at the history of pandemics in the face of Covid-19.
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Review: How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee
Written by Tessa Rodrigues. How We Disappeared is a profound tale told by Jing-Jing Lee which gives a voice to a forgotten generation of Singapore after the Second World War.
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The International Monetary Fund during the Cold War: Charitable Body or Neo-colonial Power?
Written by Ella Raphael. This article explores the history of the International Monetary Fund and its advantages and disadvantages.
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Review: ‘The Five’
Written by Mhairi Ferrier. The Five, by social historian Hallie Rubenhold, tells the untold stories of Jack the Ripper’s victims – the Canonical Five. Painstakingly researched, The Five provides the reader with a view into nineteenth-century society’s attitudes and norms.
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Protection of the White Continent: The Antarctic Treaty System of 1959
Written by Jack Bennett. In the depths of the Cold War in 1959, the ice-covered landmass became a focus of international diplomacy with the three nuclear-weapon states of the USA, USSR and Britain establishing a model to ensure the nuclear-free, peaceful scientific cooperation and protection of Antarctica. This produced a new, globalised governance regime through…
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