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Articles on World War II
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Ukraine was once known as the breadbasket of Europe, yet it suffered a devastating famine as a result of collectivist plans. That and other Soviet-era grievances have bred resentment toward Russia.
Yom HaShoah is a day to commemorate the murder of 6 million Jews – but also their lives. Yizker bikher books lovingly document Jewish communities across Europe.
Women were not really present during the signing of the Four Powers Agreement but they were at home in parliament. Film often demand sexy more sympathetic female characters
Census data is kept under seal for a century. The 1921 records will be the last we see until 2052.
As women’s relationship with work and career has changed, so too has the relationship with parenting. What women need now is more targeted support in raising children.
Three stories from Australia and the UK exploring the role of art in helping people deal with the challenges life throws at them. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
See a package of Cup Noodles and you might think of dorm rooms and cheap calories. But there was a time when eating out of Cup Noodle’s iconic packaging exuded cosmopolitanism.
Tensions are high across the Taiwan Strait. But what are the origins of the relationship between China and Taiwan?
France’s good and great are interred in this crypt.
Out of everything that Josephine Baker accomplished in her life, her child advocacy work is perhaps the most overlooked.
With travel to Afghanistan is nearly impossible right now and difficult questions over the types of evidence that would be admissible in court, investigators have their work cut out for them.
Even after the notorious Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938, some headmasters thought pupil exchanges with Nazi Germany were a good idea.
Alton Levy may not be a household name today, but his court-martial put a spotlight on unequal treatment in the military.
Under the shadow of World War II, Australia began to form its own foreign policy, separate from the British Empire. A legation in China was Australia’s third foreign outpost.
Despite a ‘major breach of trust,’ the recent spat between France and the US corresponds to a long cycle of conflict and rapprochement between the two countries.
Allegations that World Bank officials manipulated country rankings in its much-used ease of doing business index highlight a deeper problem with these types of rankings.
It took nearly two years for the Royal Navy to tell the story of the heroic voyage of the crippled submarine HMS Triumph.
Baker will be the sixth woman, first entertainer and first Black woman to enter after a successful petition from her family and fans.
A 70-year-old Cold War-era treaty among the three nations is finding renewed importance in response to the global rise of Chinese power and influence.
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Principal of South College, Durham University
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Anthropologue, Maîtresse de conférences à l'Université de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg
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Reader in Modern Political History, Loughborough University
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Research Fellow, King's College London
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Principal Lecturer in History, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Senior Lecturer in Public History, Leeds Beckett University
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Professor Emeritus in Contemporary German History, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Russian Culture and Film, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor of History, UNSW Sydney
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor in Communication Studies, McMaster University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor Emeritus of Modern European History, University of Essex
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