
Dr Katie Donington, Lecturer in History, London South Bank University. Britain and the Legacies of Slavery. Detailed studies have revealed just how extensive was the network that encompassed both colonial planters and English based financiers and investors in ‘slavery’. Dr. Dunnington's research analyses the role played by family in the establishment, maintenance, expansion and defense of Britain’s commercial interests in ...
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Professor Rana Mitter, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China, St Cross College, University of Oxford. From Conflict to Confucius: Why China's Ancient Philosopher is Shaping Today's Superpower. With the progress of China to superpower status, the Western world is struggling to understand this unique culture. What drives Chinese policy and what shapes its national self-image? Professor Mitter ...
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Professor Peter Mandler, Professor of Modern Cultural History, University of Cambridge. The Crisis of the Meritocracy: How Popular Demand (not Politicians) Made Britain into a Mass Education Society. In looking at a synopsis of Professor Mandler’s book two numbers stood out. The first surprised me-in 1938 only 1% of a cohort attended university. The second staggered me but I will ...
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Professor John Blair, Professor of Medieval History and Archaeology, Queen's College, University of Oxford. Was there such a place as Medieval England? In his Building Anglo-Saxon England, Professor Blair radically changed perceptions by analyzing hundreds of recent excavations that enable historians to grasp for the first time how regionally diverse the built environment of the Anglo-Saxons truly was. Blair ...
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Brexit and the Stretching of the Constitution: The Brexit Shock in Historic Perspective by Dr Andrew Blick, Director of History & Policy, Senior Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History in the Department of Political Economy, King's College London ...
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Richard III - The Most Infamous King by Professor Michael Hicks, University of Winchester ...
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John: An Evil King? by Professor Nick Vincent, Professor of Medieval History, University of East Anglia ...
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When Does an Empire Truly End? Exploring India's Imperial Ties in the Decades after Independence by Dr Taylor Sherman, Associate Professor, Department of International History, LSE ...
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The Crisis of the Tudor Throne 1540-60 by Dr Lucy Wooding, Langford Fellow and Tutor in History, Lincoln College, Oxford ...
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Tudor Rebellions by Prof George Bernard, University of Southampton ...
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The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Kingdom by Dr Priya Atwal, Teaching Fellow in Modern South Asian History, King's College London ...
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Race, Region and Rebellion: The Origins of the American Civil War 1846-1861 by Prof Lawrence Goldman, University of London ...
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