From editors looking to ‘expose the false art of life’ to others taking up the cause of the marginalised, writers went anonymous to share their uncomfortable truths.
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A poet speaks to how his love of history has shaped his work.
Depicted as a restrictive and painful undergarment, the corset is often depicted as a symbol of women’s oppression in period dramas.
A series of misfortunes and bad decisions led to the untimely death of the arctic explorer Captain Scott and his team.
Straight from our experts, here are five books to help you understand what’s happening right now in Ukraine and Russia, from a must-read history of Ukraine to a literary classic with insights into the Russian soul.
Australia’s stunning galleries of rock art are vast repositories of knowledge that can teach us much.
The decolonisation of science is an essential step for the academic community in Indonesia to find their voice.
Palm oil is one of the 21st century’s most contentious agricultural commodities, but its relationship with humans goes back thousands of years.
National archive documents raise questions about how definitive British efforts to prevent arms transfers to Iran really were after the revolution that toppled the Shah.
History always served as a weapon in the former Soviet Union, a way to control the narrative and deny the truth of the past. Vladimir Putin is now attempting to control this narrative through war.
Ukrainians believe they have an identity separate from Russia. Russia, on the other hand, believes that Ukraine and Russia share the same history.
Plus, a rare archive of Ukrainian dissident literature from the Soviet era is now in danger. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
A historian looks back at a time when Ukrainians battled for control of the capital, but succumbed to a superior Soviet army.
Coal-mining communities are disappearing in the UK so it’s more important than ever to authentically document their way of life.
Far from just a gathering with friends, Australian picnics have long been associated with the political – from trade unions to feminist resistance.
The final work of a gifted historian charts the rise and fall of the Communist Party of Australia.
Borderlands are all about diversity and competing understandings of community and nation.
The Tasman map, dating from the 1600s, was promised to the Commonwealth – but NSW got it instead. Here’s how it happened.
Olga of Kyiv is today recognised as one of Eastern Orthodoxy’s greatest saints – and her bloodthirsty tale is one of defiance and vengeance, and worth remembering today.
Scientists have uncovered Roman farms beneath what was thought to be prehistoric forest in France.
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Professor Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open University
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Associate Professor, Fashion History, De Montfort University
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer, School of History, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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ANU Visiting Professor, Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Historian, Australian Catholic University
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Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Winchester
