Behind the parochial media focus on the political manoeuvring within a divided Conservative Party, national decisions don’t get much more important than the UK’s referendum on its EU membership.
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The medieval period wasn’t always dark and full of terrors
The president of the Thomas Wolfe Society explains why Law had his work cut out for him when he agreed to portray a man who was “a hydroelectric plant of emotion.”
Heightening liquor regulation has for centuries been the immediate response of urban policymakers when confronted with people and behaviours deemed socially undesirable.
Muhammad Ali was much bigger than boxing. He came, from the late 1960s onwards, to symbolise resistance to racism, militarism and inequality.
Since the earliest days of British colonisation, authorities have sought to limit the problems associated with alcohol by licensing its sale and limiting the times and places where it is drunk.
The only problem with an appeal to fairness is there is no single understanding of what the word means.
The story of the Builders Labourers Federation campaigns that saved historic locations and green spaces in the 1970s still speaks to contemporary Australians’ concerns about urban development.
American democracy is in thrall to an aggressive demagogue – and Adam Smith and friends saw it coming more than 200 years ago.
Both sides claimed victory after the German and British fleets met off the coast of Denmark, 100 years ago.
Giles Fraser thinks that ‘Brexit recycles the defiant spirit of the Reformation’. How wrong can he be?
In an attempt to speed up the planning process, the government has introduced a new law which could put Britain’s heritage at risk.
The SBS documentary DNA Nation tracks three people on their ‘individual genetic journey’. But for Indigenous Australians in particular, genetic testing is a can of worms - politically, ethically and technically.
What science issues did Australia’s first newspaper - edited by a convict - discuss in its letter pages? The same ones we talk about today: the environment, education and health.
Fifty years ago US Senator Robert F Kennedy visited South Africa. A new documentary about RFK’s visit puts the spotlight on an important part of the country’s history.
It’s not just a nation’s memory of itself, but what it does to citizens who disagree that reveals its ethical compass.
A historian responds to Boris Johnson’s claim that the EU is pursuing a powerful super-state, like Hitler.
Was Ned Kelly a Robin Hood warrior or a lone wolf/dangerous criminal/whacko? Given enough cultural oxygen, outlaws are apt to become folk heroes - something today’s shock jocks might care to remember.
Eighties culture is big, from nostalgic TV dramas to tours by ageing pop stars. But it’s time for a clear-eyed assessment of the decade, which prized excess and economic rationalism along with synth pop and big hair.
With Freedom on the Move, historians hope to reveal patterns of escape and capture, while giving anyone the chance to learn about the individual heroism of runaway slaves.
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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 in History, University of Winchester
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Senior Lecturer, School of History, Australian National University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University
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Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Historian, Australian Catholic University
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Research assistant, Deakin University
