by Talking Humanities | Nov 5, 2018 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, First World War Centenary, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
Image: © IWM (E(AUS) 2078) In the fourth of a series of scholarly articles marking the Armistice centenary, Dr Mandy Banton, senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, explores the ‘hostile environment’ many colonial ex-servicemen and unemployed...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 2, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Features, First World War Centenary, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
In the third of a series of scholarly articles ahead of the Armistice centenary, Dr Peter D Fraser, senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, wonders why there is little to commemorate the British West Indians who came to the aid of the mother...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 3, 2018 | Events, History & Classics, Politics & Law, PotW
The extraordinary death tolls suffered on the fighting fronts of the First World War gave rise to devastating and unprecedented levels of loss for individuals and communities across Europe and the wider world. Indeed, bereavement became so widespread during the...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 28, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law
On 10 June 1916 Sharif Hussein, guardian of the holy city of Mecca, fired a shot from a window in his palace at the Turkish headquarters nearby. This marked the start of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire, writes Martin Plaut. Negotiations between the British,...
by Talking Humanities | Jul 30, 2015 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, First World War Centenary, History & Classics, Research & Resources
Fashion in history is a topic which has come of age in recent years, as scholars have turned to addressing what is chic and what is style over the ages and across different cultures. The history of fashion, and the role of fashion in history, is not just confined to...