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The highs and lows of the Beveridge Report
Chris Thomas looks at the shortcomings of the 1948 Beveridge Report, and explains what they tells us about the future of the welfare state.
What is hidden: the myth of the haughty servant
Emily Sandercock examines the modern relevance of the threat posed by upstart servants to paranoid 18th- and 19th-century elites.
Two Americas: the legacies of JFK and LBJ
Alex Walker reflects on the successes and failures of two presidents who occupy very different positions in the historical imagination.
It’s relative: family history and Ireland’s original Bloody Sunday
Niamh Carroll’s great-grandfather was shot by British soldiers 100 years ago. Here, she reflects on the effects of oral history on political perspective.
Disappearing children: after the Sixties Scoop
Alicia Colson remembers the brutality of a policy that saw seven generations of Indigenous Canadian children stolen from their parents.
Colonial hunger
Joseph Manock explains the intentional, structural causes behind a type of tragedy often believed unavoidable.
Cities of equality: the material feminists
Natálie Zehnalová considers the continuing importance of spatial feminism in challenging the imposition of unpaid domestic labour.
How comedy became resistance
Sophia Marshall writes on the historical relationship between laughter and political dissent.
The language of bushfires
Pepe Bingham-Hall discusses the relationship between language and land conservation in light of the mismanagement of Australia’s fires.
A return to normalcy? Extremist violence and the 1920 election
Ben Davies compares the political violence that took place around the 1920 US election with the run-up to this November.
Challenging norms: the memory of Baroness Elsa
Dillon Whitehead looks at the radical legacy of one of Dada’s most iconic artists.
Music of resistance: First Nations hip-hop
Jack Bennett considers the synthesis of Black and Indigenous culture in a radical musical genre.
No more heroes: microhistory in Brecht’s Mutter Courage
Jack Graveney reads one of Brecht’s most famous plays as a polemic against the cult of historical heroism.
Feminism under Mao
Tevy Kuch considers the relationship between Maoism and women’s liberation in China.
The past and future of mental healthcare in the US
Srilekha Cherukuvada asks what a history of asylums and abuse tells us about what’s needed in the coming years.
Two Americas: the legacies of JFK and LBJ
Alex Walker reflects on the successes and failures of two presidents who occupy very different positions in the historical imagination.
It’s relative: family history and Ireland’s original Bloody Sunday
Niamh Carroll’s great-grandfather was shot by British soldiers 100 years ago. Here, she reflects on the effects of oral history on political perspective.
Disappearing children: after the Sixties Scoop
Alicia Colson remembers the brutality of a policy that saw seven generations of Indigenous Canadian children stolen from their parents.
Challenging norms: the memory of Baroness Elsa
Dillon Whitehead looks at the radical legacy of one of Dada’s most iconic artists.
The highs and lows of the Beveridge Report
Chris Thomas looks at the shortcomings of the 1948 Beveridge Report, and explains what they tells us about the future of the welfare state.
Colonial hunger
Joseph Manock explains the intentional, structural causes behind a type of tragedy often believed unavoidable.
Cities of equality: the material feminists
Natálie Zehnalová considers the continuing importance of spatial feminism in challenging the imposition of unpaid domestic labour.
A return to normalcy? Extremist violence and the 1920 election
Ben Davies compares the political violence that took place around the 1920 US election with the run-up to this November.
culture
What is hidden: the myth of the haughty servant
Emily Sandercock examines the modern relevance of the threat posed by upstart servants to paranoid 18th- and 19th-century elites.
How comedy became resistance
Sophia Marshall writes on the historical relationship between laughter and political dissent.
The language of bushfires
Pepe Bingham-Hall discusses the relationship between language and land conservation in light of the mismanagement of Australia’s fires.
Music of resistance: First Nations hip-hop
Jack Bennett considers the synthesis of Black and Indigenous culture in a radical musical genre.
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