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Pore over family documents such as birth certificates and old passports, photographs and heirlooms, however trinket-like they might seem. Family history requires research in its broadest sense.
The UK needed workers, but government documents reveal British subjects in the Caribbean were still actively discouraged from entering the country
Elizabeth Gilbert’s decision to cancel the publication of her latest novel needs to be understood in the context of a long history of symbolic protest.
An intriguing new history of Oxford philosophers tells the story of a cloistered world giving out under pressure from an intransigent reality.
Camp can be an attitude, a style or a behaviour and it consists of several components – exaggeration, artificiality or theatricality, breaking social norms and silliness which results in humour.
Two glass researchers explain how glass is made, the unique properties of glass and how those properties have allowed it to be a useful material to humans for thousands of years.
Woolf’s writing illuminates the special place that sewing held in British households from the late 19th century.
Miller told me that he was writing at the edge of a cliff. There was a reason the Bible began with the story of Cain and Abel, brother killing brother.
It came about through sustained contact with native Spanish speakers who directly translated phrases from Spanish into English, a form of linguistic borrowing called ‘calques.’
Cranogwen was a trailblazer who challenged expectations of women during the Victorian era.
During the only major performance she gave in her home country, Gilberto was booed.
A paper trail, both typed and handwritten, documents Cummings’ dogged efforts to secure accommodations and resources for the Windrushers on a time crunch.
Only in the past few years have the stories and experiences of trans people in Nazi Germany come to light.
Death was always a possibility, but gladiator combat was controlled by referees.
There was one central reason the Civil War happened.
Drag is an ever-evolving art form, which has emerged from underground clubs to the spotlight.
Judges called it a profound novel that asks the contemporary question: what happens to us when our memories disappear?
The martini cocktail has existed in a number of guises throughout its ice cold, crisp life – including many questionable modern variations.
Catherine II, holds a significant place in Russian history. The Great doesn’t pretend to adhere closely to the historical record.
Principales colaboradores
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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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Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney
