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The BBC’s chief contribution to the bicentenary has been to rename itself the Bonapartist Broadcasting Corporation.
Foreign fighters have always posed a dual challenge: how to stop them going and what to do if they return. History offers lessons on managing these problems, including that it’s hard to stop them leaving.
Stalagmites in Scottish preserve 3,000 years of climate history, suggesting human migration is linked to wet and dry periods.
The most spectacular of the Waterloo celebrations will be a massive re-enactment on the actual battle site, involving more than 5,000 re-enactors, including 300 horses and 100 canon. What’s that all about?
The word Waterloo only entered the public consciousness 200 years ago after a battle. Now, it means many more things.
From Belgium to Moscow to Helmland: how one battle helped shape how we think of war.
Is the line between truth and fiction clear when it comes to history? And if not, is there scope for historians and novelists to re-engage, with a view to learning from – rather than bludgeoning – each other?
Only three of the original 63 clauses remain in force today, but the legacy of Magna Carta runs much deeper.
Crusaders have been warning about the evil effects of sugar for hundreds of years,
with no positive effect on our health.
Two centuries on, the history of the battle and our understanding of it should by no means be a predominantly male affair.
There’s no shortage of historical texts, but only a handful are lauded as literature. We can learn valuable lessons by revisiting EP Thompson’s The Making of the English Working Class.
‘History and fiction journey together and separately into the past; they are a tag team, sometimes taking turns, sometimes working in tandem.’ Enjoy the second part of our series, Writing History.
A walk through some of the more extreme examples of historical shoes.
Can history and fiction really be kept separate? A special edition of journal TEXT examines historical fictions and fictional histories. Here, the editors map out the contested territory.
Today, a convict ancestor is a matter of pride. But for past generations, including some convicts themselves, it was a shame that had to be hidden at all costs.
Federal parliament has passed legislation that removes Norfolk Island’s self-government but strong local views about the tiny island’s independence have deep historical roots.
Six hundred years separate two post-election protests, but the issues at hand are strangely similar and the mistakes too easily repeated.
Treasure belonging to the notorious pirate Captain Kidd has been found in Madagascar.
Victory over Nazi Germany is one unambiguously positive accomplishment of the 20th century; and yet, constructing a positive narrative about the Soviet second world war has proven hard – largely because there are some stubborn facts to contend with.
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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 of History, Macquarie University
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Professor Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open University
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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ANU Visiting Professor, Politics and International Relations, Australian National 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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Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Winchester
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Research assistant, Deakin University
