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Sick Leave of Customary Tenants in Late Medieval England (2025)
Journal Article
Owen, G., Brown, A. T., & Skinner, A. T. (in press). Sick Leave of Customary Tenants in Late Medieval England. Journal of British Studies,

Historians and archaeologists have extensively studied the history of health and illness in medieval England. Despite uncovering evidence of many diseases, especially fatal ones, questions remain about the impact of infirmity on people’s lives. How o... Read More about Sick Leave of Customary Tenants in Late Medieval England.

Decolonizing Elephants: Animal Capital at the End of Empire in Myanmar (2025)
Journal Article
Saha, J. (in press). Decolonizing Elephants: Animal Capital at the End of Empire in Myanmar. Humanimalia, 16(1),

The end of British rule in Myanmar brought few discernible benefits to Burmese elephants. Still, there were important shifts. Imperial timber firms were nationalized by the post-colonial social democratic state. Through this, the vast majority the co... Read More about Decolonizing Elephants: Animal Capital at the End of Empire in Myanmar.

What is family in an age of plague? The Liber Lynne and the urban family in late medieval England (2025)
Journal Article
Liddy, C. (in press). What is family in an age of plague? The Liber Lynne and the urban family in late medieval England. Journal of British Studies,

The Liber Lynne, a fifteenth-century manuscript in the archive of the corporation of London, is a puzzle. Catalogued among the city of London’s collections of written custom (formerly Guildhall MS Cust. 15), it is generally defined as a cartulary. In... Read More about What is family in an age of plague? The Liber Lynne and the urban family in late medieval England.

Acid Test: The AD-X2 Affair and the Political Awakening of American Science (2025)
Journal Article
Martin, J. D. (in press). Acid Test: The AD-X2 Affair and the Political Awakening of American Science. American Quarterly, 77(3),

In March 1953, Allen Astin, Director of the National Bureau of Standards, lost his job. He was fired by Sinclair Weeks, Dwight Eisenhower's newly confirmed Secretary of Commerce. The bureau had concluded that AD-X2, an after-market additive advertise... Read More about Acid Test: The AD-X2 Affair and the Political Awakening of American Science.

Habiter la transition : la vie quotidienne et la politique de transformation de l'État en Afrique du Sud (2024)
Journal Article
Johnson, R. E. (in press). Habiter la transition : la vie quotidienne et la politique de transformation de l'État en Afrique du Sud. 20 & 21. Revue d'histoire,

Le Parlement sud-africain siège au Cap, à l'ombre de la montagne de la Table, au cœur de la ville datant de l'époque coloniale. On peut l'approcher par l'ouest et se promener sur l'avenue du gouvernement, dans les Company Gardens, devant la South Afr... Read More about Habiter la transition : la vie quotidienne et la politique de transformation de l'État en Afrique du Sud.