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Plurality in Qing Imperial Medicine: Examining Institutional Formations beyond the Imperial Medical Bureau (2013)
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Aricanli, S. (2014). Plurality in Qing Imperial Medicine: Examining Institutional Formations beyond the Imperial Medical Bureau. Asia Pacific: perspectives (San Francisco, Calif.), 12(1), 61-83

This article illustrates the value of using the lens of institutional history to study imperial medicine. Identifying and incorporating a range of organizations and posts into the narrative of imperial medicine in eighteenth-century China shows the b... Read More about Plurality in Qing Imperial Medicine: Examining Institutional Formations beyond the Imperial Medical Bureau.

'Why don't those lazy priests answer the book?' Matthew Tindal, censorship, freedom of the press and religious debate in early eighteenth century England. (2013)
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Barber, A. (2013). 'Why don't those lazy priests answer the book?' Matthew Tindal, censorship, freedom of the press and religious debate in early eighteenth century England. History, 98(333), 680-707. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-229x.12031

This article engages with recent work on the consequences of the lapse of licensing (1695) that has emphasized that many people embraced the new opportunities offered by the end of pre-publication censorship. It is argued here, instead, that many peo... Read More about 'Why don't those lazy priests answer the book?' Matthew Tindal, censorship, freedom of the press and religious debate in early eighteenth century England..

Marginalization and participation on the Kenya coast: the 2013 elections (2013)
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Willis, J., & Chome, N. (2014). Marginalization and participation on the Kenya coast: the 2013 elections. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 8(1), 115-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2013.844443

At the coast, the run-up to Kenya's 2013 elections was dominated by fears of violence and the calls for a boycott by the secessionist Mombasa Republican Council. However, the elections passed off largely peacefully, and coastal turnout was significan... Read More about Marginalization and participation on the Kenya coast: the 2013 elections.

South Sudanese Arabic and the negotiation of the local state, c. 1840-2011 (2013)
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Leonardi, C. (2013). South Sudanese Arabic and the negotiation of the local state, c. 1840-2011. Journal of African History, 54(3), 351-372. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021853713000741

This article explores the history of the creole South Sudanese Arabic language from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. It analyses the historical evidence of language use in the light of insights drawn from linguistic studies of creolisat... Read More about South Sudanese Arabic and the negotiation of the local state, c. 1840-2011.

Munich '72: Selling the Games to Foreign Audiences and at Home (2013)
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Schiller, K., & Young, C. (2013). Munich '72: Selling the Games to Foreign Audiences and at Home. Sport in History, 33(3), 373-392. https://doi.org/10.1080/17460263.2013.822411

After the terrorist attack on the Israeli team, the 1972 Munich Olympics could be considered a PR disaster for the Federal Republic of Germany. In the years before the Games, however, the organizers orchestrated a finely tuned campaign, which used li... Read More about Munich '72: Selling the Games to Foreign Audiences and at Home.

Sacred Landscapes and the Conversion of Eighth-Century Hessia (2013)
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Clay, J. (2013). Sacred Landscapes and the Conversion of Eighth-Century Hessia. Landscapes, 9(2), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1179/lan.2008.9.2.1

The place-names of Hessia in central Germany are a valuable resource for the study of the early medieval conversion period. A number of them refer to pagan gods and sites of Christian and pagan worship which are unevidenced in the historical sources.... Read More about Sacred Landscapes and the Conversion of Eighth-Century Hessia.

Der übernatürliche Norden: Konturen eines Forschungsfeldes (2013)
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Barraclough, E., Cudmore, D., & Donecker, S. (2013). Der übernatürliche Norden: Konturen eines Forschungsfeldes. Nordeuropa-Forum (Internet), 23, 23-53

In den vergangenen Jahrzehnten hat sich die Forschung verstärkt mit der kulturellen Bedeutung von »Nördlich-keit« auseinandergesetzt. Wie wurden der Norden und seine Bewohner/innen konstruiert, wahrgenommen und beschrieben? Welche Stereotypen und Sym... Read More about Der übernatürliche Norden: Konturen eines Forschungsfeldes.

Socialism and political identity: Eugène Fournière and intellectual militancy in the Third Republic (2013)
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Wright, J. (2013). Socialism and political identity: Eugène Fournière and intellectual militancy in the Third Republic. French Historical Studies, 36(3), 449-478. https://doi.org/10.1215/00161071-2141109

The French socialist movement developed out of an eclectic mixture of ideas and militant groupings in the late nineteenth century. As party unity developed, many theoretical positions were sidelined. The strand of thinking exemplified by the working-... Read More about Socialism and political identity: Eugène Fournière and intellectual militancy in the Third Republic.

Violence and regulation in the Darfur-Chad borderland c. 1909-1956: policing a colonial boundary (2013)
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Vaughan, C. (2013). Violence and regulation in the Darfur-Chad borderland c. 1909-1956: policing a colonial boundary. Journal of African History, 54(2), 177-198. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021853713000285

Recent literature has emphasised the political and economic opportunities afforded to peoples living in African borderlands by the existence of permeable inter-state boundaries. This article examines the history of the Darfur-Chad borderland under co... Read More about Violence and regulation in the Darfur-Chad borderland c. 1909-1956: policing a colonial boundary.

‘To Be a Woman’: Female Labour and Memory in Documentary Film Production, 1929–50 (2013)
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Fox, J. (2013). ‘To Be a Woman’: Female Labour and Memory in Documentary Film Production, 1929–50. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 10(1), 584-602. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2013.0159

Despite extensive scholarship on British documentary in the period from 1929 to 1950, the role of female documentary film-makers has received relatively little attention, partly due to their fragmented and partial ‘archival trace’. Combining neglecte... Read More about ‘To Be a Woman’: Female Labour and Memory in Documentary Film Production, 1929–50.

From Documentary Film to Television Documentaries: John Grierson and This Wonderful World (2013)
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Fox, J. (2013). From Documentary Film to Television Documentaries: John Grierson and This Wonderful World. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 10(3), 498-523. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2013.0152

In October 1957, John Grierson, the founder of the British documentary film movement, made the transition to a new medium: television. His series for STV, This Wonderful World, which ran in its original form until August 1965, introduced audiences to... Read More about From Documentary Film to Television Documentaries: John Grierson and This Wonderful World.

‘Wanderer, kommst du nach Pforta …’: the tension between Classical tradition and the demands of a Nazi elite-school education at Schulpforta and Ilfeld, 1934–45 (2013)
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Roche, H. (2013). ‘Wanderer, kommst du nach Pforta …’: the tension between Classical tradition and the demands of a Nazi elite-school education at Schulpforta and Ilfeld, 1934–45. European Review of History, 20(4), 581-609. https://doi.org/10.1080/13507486.2013.764844

This paper explores the tensions which arose when Schulpforta, Germany's leading humanistic boarding school, was forcibly turned into a Nazi elite school (a Nationalpolitische Erziehungsanstalt, or Napola). The time-honoured traditions of Christianit... Read More about ‘Wanderer, kommst du nach Pforta …’: the tension between Classical tradition and the demands of a Nazi elite-school education at Schulpforta and Ilfeld, 1934–45.

The Soft Power of Anglia: British Cold War Cultural Diplomacy in the USSR (2013)
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Davies, S. (2013). The Soft Power of Anglia: British Cold War Cultural Diplomacy in the USSR. Contemporary British History, 27(3), 297-323. https://doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2013.794695

This article contributes to the growing literature on the cultural Cold War through an exploration of the British national projection magazine Anglia, produced by the Foreign Office for distribution in the USSR from 1962 to 1992. As well as drawing a... Read More about The Soft Power of Anglia: British Cold War Cultural Diplomacy in the USSR.

Disrupting the South African parliament: performing opposition 1994–2010 (2013)
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Johnson, R. E. (2013). Disrupting the South African parliament: performing opposition 1994–2010. Democratization, 20(3), 478-500. https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2013.786546

The article focuses on the most common form of institutionally punished disruption seen in South Africa's National Assembly since 1994: orders for individual MPs to withdraw from the chamber. The shifting dynamics of such “set-piece” dramatizations o... Read More about Disrupting the South African parliament: performing opposition 1994–2010.

The Consistency and Inconsistency of Cultural Oppression: American Indian Dance Bans, 1900–1933. (2013)
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Treglia, G. (2013). The Consistency and Inconsistency of Cultural Oppression: American Indian Dance Bans, 1900–1933. The Western Historical Quarterly, 44(2), 145-166. https://doi.org/10.2307/westhistquar.44.2.0145

This article challenges the concept of a monolithic Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding assimilation policy and personnel by examining the rhetoric employed by policy makers to justify the Native American dance bans in the early twentieth century. It... Read More about The Consistency and Inconsistency of Cultural Oppression: American Indian Dance Bans, 1900–1933..