Tag: Historical Writing
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Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Lives: Lydia Sanders on Telling Herstories
Lydia Sanders is interviewed by Manahil Masood about her work to create books which teach children about women from history in engaging ways.
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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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What does it mean to be a woman? Female Ideology, Editorial Strategy and Historical Erasure: Re-examining the Role of the Literary Wife in Nineteenth-Century Russia.
Lavinia Bird examines the significant yet often undervalued contributions of Russian literary wives, specifically Anna Dostoevskaya and Sophia Tolstaya. Her piece highlights their roles in their husbands’ successes and the complex female ideology of literary wifedom.
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The Song of Achilles, 10 Years On
Written by Justin Biggi. The Song of Achilles has been praised for it’s treatment of the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus, one which has historically been controversial for academics. But does Miller’s retelling stand the test of time?
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“A Matter of History”: The 1776 Report and the Battle over American Education
Written by Jess Womack. Former-President Trump’s 1776 Commissions is a threat to historical truth-telling. Worryingly, its removal is unlikely to stop the use of history to further white supremacy.
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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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