Tag: History
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Coffee Rush
Written by Megan Sickmueller. The coffee industry dominates our modern culture and daily lives, but how did it originate and develop as a trading commodity?
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Compatibilising the Incompatible: A Brief History of String Theory and its Limitations
Written by Kat Jivkova. How has String Theory in physiscs developed since the 1970s? Kat Jivkova examines the twists and turns in this controversial yet enduring ‘theory of everything’.
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The Role of Classics in Social and Political Movements with a focus on the Homeric Influences in Mahmoud Darwish’s Mural (2000) and the Palestinian Crisis
Written by Yasmine Hamud. The influence of Homeric works and classics into modern literature is varied and complex. Yasmine Hamud investigates these influences on literature, and their links to social and cultural movements
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Masquerade: Silk embroidered postcards of World War One
Written by Megan Crutchley. The practice of soldiers sending items home was a common occurrence. Megan Crutchley investigates the values and intimacies of sending silk embroidered postcards home, as well as its industrial impact.
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Capitalism, Colonialism, and Climate
Written by Megan Sickmueller. What dynamics remain at the heart of the present climate crisis? Megan Sickmueller examines the historic (and present role) of capitalism and colonialism in this, with its separation of the economy from the social and the ecological.
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Margaret of Anjou – Bad Queen to Bad-Ass: The Evolution of Image through Literature
Written by Sophie Whitehead. Who was Margaret of Anjou? The question has largely been left to the portrayals of Shakespeare, leaving much misogynist tropes of the ‘she-wolf’ lingering.
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Benshi Performance in the Japanese Silent Film Era
Written by Kat Jivkova. The Japanese world of silent film is often criticised for its epitomised use of the Katsudo shashin benshi, but new re-evaluations seek to examine the feature in a much more positive light.
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A Need for Belief: The Victorians and Fairies.
Written by Megan Crutchely. British folklore has always contained detailed tales of fairies and the otherworld. But how have these beliefs developed and changed, particularly in the Victorian period?
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