Category: Features
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The Creation of Woman and Language that Shaped Her
Arianna North Castell explores how language has shaped the expectations and status of women in society
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Doomsday: A Lifestyle for Some, a Joke to Others
Elizabeth Hall breaks down what layers of conspiracy, religion, and emotions go into the recurring Doomsday phenomenon.
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Punk over the Wall: Space and Identity in 1980s East Germany
Punk in East Germany during the late 1970s and 1980s emerged as a response to societal contradictions, fostering a distinct identity separate from Western ideals. Finely Farrell investigates how East German youths navigated oppression, sought expressive spaces, and shaped their unique subculture.
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The Importance of Archives: Partido Comunista de España (PCE) Archive Madrid
Isabelle Shaw discusses the importance of the Partido Comunista de España Archive in Madrid for understanding how the Spanish Communist Party operated.
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Princess, Priestess, Poet. How the World’s First Named Author has been erased from History
Millie Oliver discusses efforts made to remember the works of Enheduanna, the world’s first named author.
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The Aral Sea was a Lake: Or, How to Destroy an Ecosystem
Darcie Rogers explores The Aral Sea, once the fourth largest lake globally, has drastically diminished due to extensive irrigation and cotton monoculture initiated by the Soviet Union, leading to economic hardship and ecological disaster. Today, the region faces severe environmental challenges, including saltstorms and public health issues, stemming from decades of mismanagement and exploitation.
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The Writing on the Wall: The Biblical Fall of Babylon in Art
John Martin and Rembrandt portray the biblical scene of Belshazzar’s Feast, emphasising different emotional depths and, as Arianna closely illustrates, both sharing a timeless moral warning.
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Haunted by History: War and Rome in the work of Robert Graves
Robert Palmer explores how Graves’s experiences as a First World War poet and his later reimagining of Imperial Rome in I, Claudius and Claudius the God reveal the theme of surviving chaos.
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