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Magna Carta: the international symbol of freedom

by Talking Humanities | Mar 3, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, Events, Features, History & Classics, Projects, Research & Resources

By Danny Millum Magna Carta has inspired some of today’s fundamental liberties, yet it began life 800 years ago as a practical solution to a political crisis. It has since evolved to become an international symbol of freedom, and with the creation of the largest...

Hidden histories: Britain’s secret stash

by Talking Humanities | Feb 18, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, Events, History & Classics, Training and Research

Dr Sarah Stockwell, a senior lecturer in Imperial and Commonwealth History at King’s College London, discuss the latest in a series of decolonisation workshops organised by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies. I am greatly looking forward to the upcoming workshop...
From a book to a United Nations resolution: Yes we can!

From a book to a United Nations resolution: Yes we can!

by guestblogger | Feb 17, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, History & Classics

By Henning Melber and David Wardrop Once upon a time there was a Secretary General of the United Nations. Along with 15 others, he died in a plane crash. It was the night of 17-18 September 1961, when the Albertina, a DC-6, was approaching the airport of Ndola in the...

Twenty-five years ago:  Mandela finishes his long walk to freedom

by Talking Humanities | Feb 11, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, History & Classics

On 11 February 1990, the world’s most famous political prisoner was set free after 27 and a half years in captivity. Keith Somerville, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS) who has been following South African politics for...

Remembering Churchill: fifty years on his opinions still matter

by guestblogger | Jan 30, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, History & Classics

To mark the 50th anniversary of the death and funeral of Winston Churchill, Cambridge history fellow and Churchill author Dr Warren Dockter, analyses the complex legacy of the wartime leader who is believed by many to be the ‘lion who roared when the British Empire...
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