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Civil servants stand as forgotten actors of the Lebanon civil war, a historical case that has not been reproduced in more recent conflicts.
Over its history Canada has built itself through war and the memory of its wars. The country’s recent military interventions are part of a struggle to define what the country stands for.
The integration of Turkey into the European Union could have embodied a counter-discourse to the so-called ‘Clash of Civilisations’. Perhaps it is not too late.
New research suggests his military achievements might have been exaggerated.
Trump’s budget would eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities, breaking a tradition of funding humanities scholarship that goes back to the nation’s founding.
As the UK sets up post-Brexit trade deals with Commonwealth countries, it should be mindful of history.
Torcs found in the Staffordshire hills can reveal a lot about Iron Age society.
In Japanese popular culture, new trends come and go. But the Japanese have toyed with gender norms for generations.
From Chinese laborers to ‘bad hombres,’ the US settler mentality has perpetuated an immigration system that pushes out unwanted groups and bypasses the Constitution.
The BBC’s Taboo is a timely reminder of the violent origins of globalisation, but its villains allow the viewer to disassociate imperial misdeeds from mainstream British history.
How do we determine what is fact? An archaeologist explains how the answer has changed over time and why it matters so much now.
An adversarial international commission of inquiry, similar to one instituted to resolve a dispute between Britain and Russia in 1905, could break the deadlock over the downed flight.
Why do alternative histories of a Nazified world again have such commercial and cultural traction?
Decades of expansion for Whyalla were followed by decades of contraction. Whyalla has seen optimism and idealism but also, if not despair, then its close neighbours, alienation and apathy.
Would Abraham Lincoln ever have become president if he didn’t stumble into a dry goods store in Springfield, Illinois, and strike up a friendship with its owner, Joshua Speed?
Violence is on the rise in French Guiana. To understand this phenomenon, scholars delve into the often tragic history of the region.
In the 19th century, critics and audiences thought blacks were incapable of singing as well as their white, European counterparts. Greenfield forced them to reconcile their ears with their racism.
Snake bite treatments have changed remarkably over the past 200 years. But most, if not all, made sense in their historical context.
TV shows such as Versailles and Reign dwell on sex. But the French royals were preoccupied with life’s intimate moments, from bodily emissions to the crowds that gathered to watch the queen give birth.
Top contributors
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Professor Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open 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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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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Senior Lecturer, School of History, Australian National University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Research assistant, Deakin University
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Winchester
