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Lavender Scare: The Forgotten Side of McCarthyism

On May 18, 2022 By Joshua McGrane

As a historian, the two areas of history that have always fascinated and intrigued me have been the Cold War and twentieth-century United States.

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The Female Husband: Colonel Barker on the (News)stand

On May 2, 2022 By Pádraig Nolan
collage of Queen Victoria, Alfred the Great, and actors from Selma and the Darkest Hour

A “History of History” – Charles Plummer and the 1901 Oxford Ford Lecture

On April 27, 2022 By Daniel Morgan
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Narrating nationalism in the oldest surviving major piece of French literature

On April 4, 2022 By Isobel Cree
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The Transmasculine Fascist: Colonel Barker Joins the National Fascisti

On March 28, 2022 By Pádraig Nolan
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The beautiful nuance of ‘A Passage to India’

On June 7, 2021 By Glenn Armstrong In Page and Screen

Glenn Armstrong reviews E.M. Forster’s ‘A Passage to India’, discussing what it reveals about British colonial attitudes and where it falls short.

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Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe by Judith Herrin: A Hidden City at the Centre of All Things

On June 4, 2021 By William Kinsella In Page and Screen

William Kinsella discusses how Judith Herrin’s Ravenna: Capital of Empire, Crucible of Empire reshapes commonly-held opinions on Italian history.

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Looking beyond Brittain and Nightingale

On May 24, 2021 By John Stewart In Curiosity Columns

John Stewart sheds light on the reality of nurses in World War One, looking beyond the influences of Vera Brittain and Florence Nightingale.

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The Global Middle Ages: A Radical New Way of Doing History

On May 15, 2021 By Luke Bateman In Tute Notes

Luke Bateman reviews the EWF4 paper, or Global Middle Ages.

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Should undergraduate historians be forced to take British history papers?

On May 5, 2021 By Nathan Land In Tute Notes

“No matter what country you’re learning about, you’ll probably bump into Britain.” Nathan Land argues against compulsory British history papers.

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Tbilisi: Lucky Number 27

On April 19, 2021 By Maciej Nowakowski In Curiosity Columns

“The story of Tbilisi is one of constant adaptation and rebirth.”

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In defence of Historiography

On April 10, 2021 By Daniel Morgan In Tute Notes

Daniel Morgan sets out the case for the continued relevance of the Historiography Prelims paper.

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On Old English Translation: Wulf’s Tale

On April 5, 2021 By Yasmin Howells In Curiosity Columns

Yasmin Howells’ creative translation of Wulf and Eadwacer, an Old English Poem found in the Book of Exeter.

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The Oxford Bulldogs: Bark Worse than their Bite?

On March 25, 2021 By Charlotte Kutz In Foundation Myths

Did Oxford University’s bowler hatted police force have any real power? And what does its existence say about the wider university?

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Warsaw: Life Imitates Art

On March 18, 2021 By Maciej Nowakowski In Curiosity Columns

Maciej Nowakowski opens his ‘Cities of Hope’ series by looking at Warsaw, “the Paris of the North”.

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