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.
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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.
For once in its life, under the premiership of Don Dunstan, South Australia felt like the very centre of the universe.
Thomas Browne is now better known for his literary work but in his own time was legendary as the greatest – and first – scientific populariser.
Set during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia, the epic novel is a case study in the grassroots strength of ordinary people.
In celebration of academic books.
The fall of the Berlin wall was supposed to usher in ‘the end of history’, an eternal age of capitalist economics and liberal-democratic politics. It hasn’t turned out that way.
Roman decadence reached its peak with the vomitorium: a room where feasting elites threw up to make room for more food. Or so the story goes …
While hugely popular for a time, the advent of the three ring circus invited animal cruelty complaints and led to the demise of more skilled circus artistry.
Same-sex marriage is not a 20th-century phenomenon; couples have long claimed the right to marry.
Big Oil has historically played a behind-the-scenes role on American policy and politics. No longer.
In a complex media environment, it’s become incredibly difficult for the neutral press to point out Donald Trump’s lies without having that information discounted as partisan bias.
The new triumvirate leading the way on Syria has deep roots.
The film is a powerful reworking of the novel by Japanese novelist Endō Shūsaku.
The V&A’s current exhibition, Revolution, highlights that all is not rosy from the vantage point of 2016.
Diaries from 1938 show the depth of concern about the direction the world was taking. Are we facing similar dark prospects?
The nativity offers an enticing opportunity to discover how words and interpretations have shaped the story and our understanding of it.
Thankfully, defleshing bones has fallen out of fashion.
The scene of Chile’s proudest football triumphs is also a monument to some of its darkest days.
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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, 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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Professor of History, McGill University
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Research assistant, Deakin University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Winchester
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ANU Visiting Professor, Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Historian, Australian Catholic University
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Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
