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A spirit of rebellion took the people of Cromwell’s England and celebrations went ahead despite strict rules banning festivities.
Is a second wave of coronavirus the price of freedom?
Five of the six disputed presidential elections in US history were resolved and the country moved on – but one ended in civil war. What will happen if the 2020 election is contested?
The global economy is currently experiencing its severest contraction since the 1930s. While capitalism will survive, its fundamental structure can change at critical historical junctures.
During the second world war, people found solace in the formulaic narratives of historical romances and during the pandemic they could once again provide readers comfort.
The government has tried to harness profit-driven drugmaking to serve public health before. The results were underwhelming.
The fact that the colonial system was essentially a commercial expedition meant that the outcome was the creation of corporate entities rather than nation states.
Press secretary George Steward had clandestine meetings with Nazi officials as he worked for appeasement with Germany before the second world war.
Countries or international organizations regularly enact sanctions against individual states. But how can the effectiveness of these measures be evaluated?
The abolitionist’s legacy is often molded to fit various political agendas. Yet the Brown who appears in Showtime’s new miniseries is one we haven’t seen before.
Speculation is mounting about an impending October surprise in the 2020 race. What does that mean?
My research shows that white trainee teachers are willing to learn and to bring black history into their teaching, but need support to do so.
Today’s urgent inequality and environmental crises mean that more, not fewer, students should be studying history.
Fresh research casts new light on a boldly unconventional woman who cross-dressed as a man to join a French naval sea voyage.
Puritan leaders argued vehemently for a church to be free of any higher authority – which caused problems in England and the new world.
Economic historian and development scholar Bill Freund was impatient with theoretical fads.
Donald Trump’s attack on racial injustice is an attempt to replace historical consciousness with historical amnesia. It’s a racialized politics of organized forgetting.
For a film that was destined to do so much wrong, this does a surprising amount right. And in an era of relentlessly ‘clever’ films and knowing reboots, Face the Music has a refreshingly light touch.
Before pilot Charles Taylor and company mysteriously vanished in the Bermuda Triangle in 1945, Taylor had to be rescued from the Pacific Ocean twice.
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor, Fashion History, De Montfort University
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Professor Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open University
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Senior Lecturer, School of History, Australian National University
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