Over the years the words Sykes-Picot have taken on two meanings – one significant, the other less so.
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The Sykes-Picot Agreement delivered the spoils of war to Britain and France, and deferred the dreams of Arab nationalists.
Sentimental, high-class illustrators – or a revolution in British art?
The decline in Malcolm Turnbull’s popularity and the increasingly explicit critiques of his leadership have raised the question of whether the Liberal Party has a unifying ideology.
Michelle Grattan takes a look back at some memorable budget moments.
Surgical makeovers might seem a modern phenomenon but they have a long and disturbing history: from 16th century skin grafts done without anaesthesia to reductions of “primitive” large breasts.
Often it has been Ireland’s writers and artists that have called out the hopes and failures of national politics, holding the polity to account in the culture.
A diminishing membership base, changes to labour and industry and heightened political attention has left the once-powerful trade union movement flailing.
British mayors first appeared eight centuries before the current election campaigns.
Christian, criminal or cowardly? People once thought your hair could hold the answer.
Anzac Day is a big part of our national story. But the politics of memory mean the parts of this story that don’t fit neatly into the Anzac narrative are too often forgotten.
Thespians of old playing the Globe Theatre would have walked past the Bankside bear-baiting ring on their way in.
The association of female underclothes with fashion and seduction owes as much to the advertising and film industries as it does to technical innovation.
A century ago, a group of rebels sought to found an Irish republic. This is their story.
Even before the Grand National’s official starting date of 1839, British horse racing saw plenty of drama.
Sinclair Lewis’ 1935 novel ‘It Can’t Happen Here,’ which described the rise of an American dictator, was turned into a play seen by over 500,000 people.
As the Republic marks the centenary of this historic event, it is becoming a very contentious matter north of the border.
Museums are cracking open the temperature-controlled, dehumidified display cases and inviting people in. Working with Aboriginal communities is reawakening cultural connections and ancient art forms.
Microbes reveal that the great Carthagian general Hannibal may have taken a surprisingly difficult route to get to Italy.
Detailed historical research on the colonial frontier unequivocally supports the idea that Aboriginal people were subject to attack, assault, conquest and subjugation: all synonyms for the term ‘invasion’.
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Historian, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor, Fashion History, De Montfort 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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Professor of History, McGill University
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer, School of History, ANU / Chercheur Associé at the Centre d’Histoire de Sciences Po, Australian National University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Winchester
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University
