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Category Archives: In the Media
Robert Mugabe’s Fall in Political Cartoons: A Zimbabwean Story (Part II)
As the situation continues to develop in Zimbabwa, our Dr Heike Schmidt considers Mugabe’s fall as seen in political cartoons (Part 2 of 2). Continue reading
Posted in African History, In the Media, News
Tagged Africa, African History, current affairs, current news, history in the news, observations
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Robert Mugabe’s Fall in Political Cartoons: A Zimbabwean Story (Part I)
As the situation continues to develop in Zimbabwa, our Dr Heike Schmidt considers Mugabe’s fall as seen in political cartoons (Part 1 of 2). Continue reading
Posted in African History, In the Media, News
Tagged Africa, African History, current affairs, current news, history in the news, observations
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The softest and longest – coup in Zimbabwe
Posted in African History, Comment, In the Media, News
Tagged Africa, African History, current affairs, current news, history, history in the news, observations, political history, politics, Zimbabwe
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So that was International Women’s Day…
by Dr Jacqui Turner So yesterday was International Women’s Day and women were everywhere – literally we were all over the place, in the media, online, on TV and crowded around both front benches in the House of Commons as, … Continue reading
Posted in British History, Cultural History, In the Media, Intellectual History, International History, News
Tagged House of Commons, International Women's Day 2017, international womens' day, IWD, IWD 2017, observations, Parliament, politics, University of Reading, Westminster, Women history, women in history, women in politics, women's history, women's history month, Womenshistory
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‘To err is human; to forgive, divine’ – Medieval popes and the concept of papal infallibility
By Professor Rebecca Rist. My research focuses on the history of religious culture and the medieval papacy, and especially the relationship between popes and specific social and religious minority groups, such as Jews (in my recent book, Popes and Jews, … Continue reading →