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From the bird masks of plague doctors and large voluminous skirts to hat pins and face masks, this video provides a quick tour through the history of protective fashion.
The 2020 census will now count some groups differently than it has in the past. That could make a difference in the final count – affecting which states receive funding and congressional seats.
Emphasizing foreign origins of a disease can have racist connotations and implications for how people understand their own risk of disease.
It was a matter of ‘national importance’ to the British government that men they sponsored be the first to conquer the mountain.
Restaurants have always been about more than feeding city residents. During the 1918 flu pandemic, they were kept open as sites of social solidarity.
The vandalism of colonial statues is an expression of political protest against the celebration of settler colonialism in Canada.
The so-called ‘Spanish flu’ didn’t actually come from Spain. What else do people often misunderstand about this famous crisis?
Aerial baiting has been Australia’s foremost weapon against pest species for the past 74 years. But at what cost?
Greek epics remind audiences that leaders need to be able to plan for the future based on what has happened in the past. They need to understand cause and effect.
Policymakers would be wise to pay attention to historical parallels.
We need to understand colonial histories to understand climate risks.
The US is taking an untraditional approach in its peace talks with the Taliban. The new deal does not contain many of the elements that are typically key to a successful peace negotiation.
A look back at history can help us consider the economic effects of public health emergencies and how best to manage them.
Local residents’ committees control urban governance in China, meaning lockdown measures do not feel imposed from outside.
Instead of Tudors and Churchill, history students need to learn how civilisation has arrived at the point of no return.
Long before Netflix’s Cheer documentary and JoJo Siwa, big huge hair bows were a thing. And it wasn’t always girls who wore them.
Iran’s detention of Fariba Adelkhah, Roland Marchal and Kylie Moore-Gilbert is part of a growing trend of attacks against academic freedom.
While identifying a new disease by its place of origin seems intuitive, history shows that doing so can have serious consequences for the people that live there.
The official naming of COVID-19 has the tone of a committee decision. Historically, names for diseases have not been quite so well thought out and were more likely to offend.
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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 Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open University
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Winchester
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Research assistant, Deakin 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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Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
