Tag: Travel
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Himawari: The Smiling Flower
The Sunflower, Himawari in Japanese, is an iconic plant that carries different symbols internationally. Ami John details the cultural significance Himawari have and how it has become synonymous to reflect life, growth, and happiness.
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The Séance Epidemic of Victorian Britain
The 1850s are considered a period of scientific advancement and rational-thinking in Victorian England. However, as Abbie Teal shows, there was also a growing trend of séances that led to greater discussions around spirituality and the ethereal.
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A Machiavellian Law
The Ummayyad Caliphate successfully expanded into Spain, changing the culture of the peninsula. Emilio Luppino discusses how the interactions between Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures in Spain.
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The Last Cavalier? The Complicated Legacy of George Armstrong Custer
Sam Mackenzie imagines George Armstrong Custer through his complex legacy of heroism, controversy, and his actions against Native Americans.
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The Venice Charter 1964: Its Place in Modern-Day Heritage Preservation
Emma Donaldson explores how the challenges of post-war Europe prompted the evolution of heritage preservation through the Venice Charter.
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The Fight For Memory: The Mass Graves That Haunt Spain
Arianna North Castell shows how mass graves in Spain reveal long-hidden victims of Franco’s regime.
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“It is not good for Francis to be alone […] and in this way Clare was created”: Hagiographical Phenomenon and Saintly Adolescence
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Harry Fry examines socio-cultural differences among adolescent saints, revealing a broader understanding beyond elite-centric narratives in medieval hagiography.
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Undermined
Ailsa Fraser recreates the tense religious climate of sixteenth-century Scotland in this fictional imagining of Protestant martyrdom in St Andrews.
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