Tag: Historiography
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Rethinking a Contested Analytical Lens: The Evolution of Gender in Imperial Historiography
Since the 1970s, gender has been perceived as a crucial analytical lens. Angelina Castrucci provides a history, and critique, of a fixed framework of gender.
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Lucrezia Borgia: A Woman whose Reputation has been Maligned by History
Lucrezia Borgia is a figure defined by her proximity to political intrigue and sexual scandal. Francesca Newson outlines the historiographic treatment of Borgia, and the attempts to redefine her image.
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Review: What is History, Now? How the past and present speak to each other (2021)
Written by Georgia Smith. What is history? The question retains its validity, evidenced by the recent release of a spiritual successor to E.H. Carr’s 1961 modern classic. As Georgia Smith’s review argues, the question is more what histories should be, rather than how they are constructed.
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On the Nature of Archaeological Knowledge, Photography, Narrative, and Time
Written by Sofia Parkinson Klimaschewski. The practice of archaeology is one that has been recorded through photography for over a hundred years. But how do we unpack archaeological photography, and how do these photographs themselves become artefacts?
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The European Union and its Totalitarian Nightmare
Written by Inge Erdal. The concept of totalitarianism has a long and twisted history through Europe’s twentieth century. It has been latched upon from all political angles, but does it really have any analytical use?
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