Most of the flavor combinations and traditions we’ve come to associate with the holiday date back to the Middle Ages.
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Exotic animal escapes are relatively rare today, but in the 19th century it wasn’t unusual to find a tiger loose in the street.
Terrorists have attacked leaders and civilians in France many times before, and for a dizzying array of reasons.
Tom D.C. Roberts has crafted a book full of remarkable insights into a central figure in Australian corporate and political history, a figure hitherto enveloped in family mythology: Keith Murdoch.
Blue crops up in all sorts of idioms and registers. But, as a new National Gallery of Victoria exhibition demonstrates, there’s more to the colour, and its long history, than meets the eye.
Günter Schabowski’s press conference in November 1989 helped trigger the collapse of the Berlin wall. Was it really as much of an accident as we like to think?
What explains the huge gap between US and European consumers on GMO foods? A short history helps explain.
Like many great challenges of the 21st century, the science identifying the problems with sugar seems clear. What’s lacking is the will to address them.
While Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin openly draws on medieval and early modern history in the worlds of his books, his subversive depictions of witchcraft make his female characters both intriguing and powerful.
The first World Series radio broadcasts were a far cry from today’s pricey television productions.
Shakespeare’s plays have kept “this glorious and well-foughten field” alive, championing its power as a myth of national unity and heroism.
When Kepler was at the very height of his scientific career, his mother was accused of witchcraft.
Our past is under threat from “nighthawks” - illegal metal detectorists who go out at night to seek their fortune from protected ancient monuments. A Bristol archaeologist investigates.
Suffragette tells a story that is both of its time, and timeless - an historical struggle whose lessons, sadly, still need to be learned.
Suffragettes were not merely nice (if slightly bonkers) posh ladies in impressive hats.
When Meryl Streep and the stars of the upcoming film Suffragette donned t-shirts emblazoned with the quote “I’d rather be a rebel than a slave,” they reignited a contentious debate in feminism.
In a world full of catastrophe, what good are books? Specifically, can books be written to do good?
It can be difficult to imagine that the antiquities in our museums were once a part of vibrant and cosmopolitan cities. Let our expert take you on a tour of three cities to rival today’s global hubs.
If we are to write woman into the history of humanity, we need to listen to those who aren’t ‘exceptional’; those whose voices are harder to access.
The discovery of battered old boots, tattered garments, trinkets and dead cats concealed in the walls of historic buildings sheds new light on the lives of Australia’s early white settlers.
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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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Historian, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of History, Macquarie 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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Research assistant, Deakin University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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ANU Visiting Professor, Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Winchester
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Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University
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