By1660, the British government had come to rely on a shadowy trade of secrets for gathering intelligence.
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In early modern Britons consulted diviners to find stolen goods, learn about the next harvest, or scrutinise their marriage fortunes.
The film explores how much easier is it to conform to social norms than step outside them.
The show brings the experiences, stories and voices of women from the distant past to life.
Amateurs are excited about their finds but give little thought about what is lost when they enthusiastically unearth them.
Demons were considered very real and very threatening throughout the medieval and early-modern periods.
Mary’s letters were slipped under the sleeves of ladies’ gowns, sewn into doublets, or even packed into the heel of a shoe.
A pumpkin recipe from 1672 instructs the reader to fry egg-coated slices, mix these with raisins, sugar and fortified wine then place in a pie dish on top of apples.
The experience of truth-telling and reconciliation confines Aboriginal people to being known in relation to outsiders. We need a different way forward.
Lee, the feature film staring Kate Winslet, explores the rawness of authentic image making and the impact of gender in war reporting.
These burials could help answer the enduring mystery of the Khazneh, the most recognisable building in Petra.
The islands’ vulnerability has roots deep in the exploitative systems forced on them by colonialism, from slave-based land policies to ill-suited development that put lives in harm’s way.
National identities are also the source of fierce loyalties and resistances. They elevate individual stories to the weight and scale of a national story.
The muses promised fame and fortune to artists who followed them.
The surrealists rejected traditional modes of understanding. They attempted to upend the established order of things by championing freedom and the unconscious mind.
Gachagua could make history as Kenya’s first deputy leader to be impeached.
The Yolngu Bark Petitions were immediately recognised by many as emblems of the unshakeable confidence of Indigenous Australians in their right to their territory.
Helene’s size and speed worsened everything from its storm surge to its extreme flooding in the mountains. And another hurricane was coming right on Helene’s heels.
With Israeli troops on the ground in Southern Lebanon, conflict in the Middle East escalates further. But Israel’s tried this before and hasn’t achieved its goals.
In Travelling to Tomorrow, Yves Rees charts ten little known 20th-century Australian women who thrived in the United States rather than accept a smaller life at home.
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Historian, Australian Catholic University
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Professor Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open University
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Associate Professor, Fashion History, De Montfort University
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Professor of History, Macquarie University
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana 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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Adjunct Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Research assistant, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer, School of History, ANU / Chercheur Associé at the Centre d’Histoire de Sciences Po, Australian National University
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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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Professor of History, McGill University
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
