Category: Reviews
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Review: Mornings in Jenin
Written by Kvitka Perehinets. Susan Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin blurs the line between fact and fiction with its excruciatingly honest portrayal of love in spite of heartbreak, hope in spite of loss, and perseverance in spite of oppression in 1948 Palestine.
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Confucianism in Film
Written by Rebeka Luzaityte. The 2016 film, The Throne, examines the connections between Confucian virtues and filial relationships. Its take on the Joseon dynasty’s King Yeongjo reveals some of the agonising decisions required to maintain monarchical continuity.
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Review: Slavery at Sea, Sowande’ Mustakeem
Written by Jamie Gemmell. Slavery at Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage by Sowande’ Mustakeem recounts the diverse experiences of slavery at sea. This is a text that goes to the bloody heart of the Middle Passage.
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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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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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Netflix’s ‘Troy: Fall of a City’
Written by Justin Biggi. Released in 2018, the BBC-Netflix adaptation of Homer’s Iliad was met with mixed reviews, both from Classicists and internet trolls alike.
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Teach-Out Review: Indigenous Politics and Revolutionary Movements in Latin America
Written by Anna Nicol. On Tuesday 3 March, Dr Emile Chabal, the Director of the Centre for the Study of Modern and Contemporary History, organised a Teach-out led by Dr Julie Gibbings (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Nathaniel Morris (University College London). Focusing on Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua, Dr Gibbings and Dr Morris aimed to…
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Teach-Out Review: How Slavery Changed a City: Edinburgh’s Slave History
Written by Lewis Twiby. As part of the teach-outs currently happening in solidarity with the UCU Strike, the History Society and the African and Caribbean Society hosted a very informative talk on Edinburgh’s connection to the slave trade.
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