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Dag Hammarskjöld and Africa’s decolonisation during the cold war years

Dag Hammarskjöld and Africa’s decolonisation during the cold war years

by Talking Humanities | Apr 23, 2019 | Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Publications

Professor Henning Melber introduces his new book, which explores the years of African decolonisation during which Dag Hammarskjöld was in office at the United Nations, investigating the scope and limits of his influence within the context of global governance. The...
Interview with Professor Philip Murphy

Interview with Professor Philip Murphy

by Talking Humanities | Mar 14, 2016 | Director Series, History & Classics, Human Rights, Interviews, Politics & Law

We talk to the director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS), who says ‘far from gently fading away, the collective memory of empire and its consequences is becoming an ever more prominent element in current political debates.’ Professor Philip Murphy...
Berlin Wall: a backdrop for the politics of moral outrage

Berlin Wall: a backdrop for the politics of moral outrage

by aseifert | Nov 6, 2014 | Analysis & Comment, History & Classics

By Dr Michael Rowe The Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989. The event, which has come to symbolise the end of the Cold War, came about when an East German government spokesman miscalculated, and erroneously announced the previously sealed border open. Crowds of...

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