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Medieval Literature and Society: A Tutorial for Historians

Medieval Literature and Society: A Tutorial for Historians

Medieval Literature and Society: A Tutorial for Historians

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Dec 1, 202510 min read

In the centre of the image are Black community members, walking along the street. Their faces express anger as they protest local government action. One placard reads ‘Better education for Black children’ and another sign calls out the ‘Black Haringey Council.’

In the centre of the image are Black community members, walking along the street. Their faces express anger as they protest local government action. One placard reads ‘Better education for Black children’ and another sign calls out the ‘Black Haringey Council.’

Resisting Redaction: The Battle For A Black British Educational Movement

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Sep 1, 20258 min read

Who Tells the Story of Dunhuang? Digital Heritage, Power, and Possibility

Who Tells the Story of Dunhuang? Digital Heritage, Power, and Possibility

Who Tells the Story of Dunhuang? Digital Heritage, Power, and Possibility

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Sep 1, 20259 min read

Memories of Inuit and Norse Contact in Greenland

Memories of Inuit and Norse Contact in Greenland

Memories of Inuit and Norse Contact in Greenland

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Jun 1, 20258 min read

The painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicholaes Tulp by Rembrandt shows a group of formally dressed men, some wearing dark hats, gathered around a pale, lifeless male corpse lying on a wooden table. Dr Tulp, positioned to the right, gestures with surgical tools as he explains the exposed anatomy of the corpse’s left arm, while the figures around him display varied expressions of curiosity in a dimly lit room with a dramatic sense of light and shadow.

The painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicholaes Tulp by Rembrandt shows a group of formally dressed men, some wearing dark hats, gathered around a pale, lifeless male corpse lying on a wooden table. Dr Tulp, positioned to the right, gestures with surgical tools as he explains the exposed anatomy of the corpse’s left arm, while the figures around him display varied expressions of curiosity in a dimly lit room with a dramatic sense of light and shadow.

Rembrandt and the Art of Dissection

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Mar 1, 20257 min read

Multisensory Use of Sugar Sculpture in Renaissance England

Multisensory Use of Sugar Sculpture in Renaissance England

Multisensory Use of Sugar Sculpture in Renaissance England

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Mar 1, 20258 min read

What Are A Few More Words? Historical parallels where you least expect them

What Are A Few More Words? Historical parallels where you least expect them

What Are A Few More Words? Historical parallels where you least expect them

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Mar 1, 20258 min read

Coal: From ‘Who Governs?’ to ‘What Governs?’

Coal: From ‘Who Governs?’ to ‘What Governs?’

Coal: From ‘Who Governs?’ to ‘What Governs?’

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Aug 31, 20246 min read

Colonial Mexican Women in Bigamy Cases: A New Way to Examine Women in Past Societies

Colonial Mexican Women in Bigamy Cases: A New Way to Examine Women in Past Societies

Colonial Mexican Women in Bigamy Cases: A New Way to Examine Women in Past Societies

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Mar 1, 20246 min read

Sir William Jones' Flash of Light in the East

Sir William Jones' Flash of Light in the East

Sir William Jones' Flash of Light in the East

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Dec 1, 20236 min read

Shangri-La: A Case of Myth-taken Identity

Shangri-La: A Case of Myth-taken Identity

Shangri-La: A Case of Myth-taken Identity

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Dec 1, 202310 min read

The Multiple Beginnings of a City: Calicut (Kozhikode)

The Multiple Beginnings of a City: Calicut (Kozhikode)

The Multiple Beginnings of a City: Calicut (Kozhikode)

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Dec 1, 20238 min read

Sámi, Land and Faith in Viking Age Scandinavia

Sámi, Land and Faith in Viking Age Scandinavia

Sámi, Land and Faith in Viking Age Scandinavia

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Aug 31, 20238 min read

Margaret Fay Shaw: Seascapes and Gaelic Song

Margaret Fay Shaw: Seascapes and Gaelic Song

Margaret Fay Shaw: Seascapes and Gaelic Song

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Aug 31, 20237 min read

‘The Wicker Man Effect’ and the Everyday Folklore of UK Calendar Customs

‘The Wicker Man Effect’ and the Everyday Folklore of UK Calendar Customs

‘The Wicker Man Effect’ and the Everyday Folklore of UK Calendar Customs

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Aug 31, 20237 min read

Marks of Civilisation: How Punctuation Shaped the Modern World

Marks of Civilisation: How Punctuation Shaped the Modern World

Marks of Civilisation: How Punctuation Shaped the Modern World

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Jun 1, 20238 min read

Ladins: The Forgotten Alpine Minority

Ladins: The Forgotten Alpine Minority

Ladins: The Forgotten Alpine Minority

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Dec 1, 20225 min read

Theseus and Ariadne in Naxian Identity

Theseus and Ariadne in Naxian Identity

Theseus and Ariadne in Naxian Identity

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Dec 1, 20229 min read

Sons of Egypt

Sons of Egypt

Sons of Egypt

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Dec 1, 20226 min read

National Identity Paradox of Franco-Algerians

National Identity Paradox of Franco-Algerians

National Identity Paradox of Franco-Algerians

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Dec 1, 20228 min read

Baking Black Loaves for Dundee

Baking Black Loaves for Dundee

Baking Black Loaves for Dundee

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Jun 1, 20225 min read

The Bland and the Beautiful: Russia's defeat at Port Arthur in the Anglo-World imagination (1904-5)

The Bland and the Beautiful: Russia's defeat at Port Arthur in the Anglo-World imagination (1904-5)

The Bland and the Beautiful: Russia's defeat at Port Arthur in the Anglo-World imagination (1904-5)

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Jun 1, 20228 min read

Animals or Artisans: Did Iron Age Britain Equal Roman Beauty?

Animals or Artisans: Did Iron Age Britain Equal Roman Beauty?

Animals or Artisans: Did Iron Age Britain Equal Roman Beauty?

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Feb 28, 20226 min read

The (Postmodern) Art of Evolution

The (Postmodern) Art of Evolution

The (Postmodern) Art of Evolution

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Feb 28, 20227 min read

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