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hdevaney-jones

Oct 10, 202010 min read

Was the Sexual Revolution Revolutionary?

By Tara Adriana Jenkins [Edited by Heloise Devaney-Jones] The Sexual Revolution arguably marked the stage in which post-war Britain...

Avin Houro

Mar 26, 20203 min read

The Disenchantment of the World

By Emma Poynter. Western culture is entrenched in a history of magical tradition. We are all at least vaguely familiar with ideas of...

Sumayyah Sheikh

Feb 9, 20206 min read

The Art and Science of Empathy

The word ‘empathy’ has a convoluted history and its meaning continues to be ambiguous and multifaceted.

Avin Houro

Jan 20, 20205 min read

The Age of Nerves

By Jacob Barnard. Originally submitted as an assessment for The History of Emotions. What do you picture when I say the phrase 'nervous...

Avin Houro

Jan 4, 20204 min read

Should Germany pay reparations to the Herero and Nama people?

By Avin Houro. Originally submitted as an assessment for Freedom and Nation: The State in Post-Colonial Africa, 1956-2006. The Herero and...

Avin Houro

Jan 4, 20207 min read

The Witches’ Sabbat: The development of Witchcraft in the Middle Ages

By Quinn Marriott. Originally submitted as an assessment for Frontiers of the Medieval Imagination. Whenever someone hears the word...

Avin Houro

Jan 4, 20205 min read

Homosexuality in Independent Uganda

By Eleanor Day. Originally submitted as an assessment for Freedom and Nation: The State in Post-Colonial Africa, 1956-2006. Earlier this...