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As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society.
Understanding Rizzo’s career and political popularity can help explain the appeal of President Trump’s identity-based populism today.
A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of the power they contained.
Trump often casts himself as a man of the people. But his statue garden feeds into a ‘great man’ approach to history at the expense of local and state history.
The statue stands at street level, embodying an ongoing presence. They are casual, approachable and engaged, as if in conversation with the community.
The fate of several colonial statues in Africa continues to be a subject of controversy.
Madame Tussauds Dubai is home a life-size wax figure of my brother Kristan Fahd, also known as radio entertainer Kris Fade.
Cranogwen was a trailblazer who challenged expectations of women during the Victorian era.
The return of an important monument to Mexico puts a spotlight on a culture whose influence is still felt in the Americas today.
Lady Rhondda was a suffragette, a business leader and an editor. A statue of her is expected to be revealed in Newport, south Wales, next year.
Across Australia, there are memorials to white people ‘killed by Natives’. But there is a silence about what led to these attacks, or the reprisal massacres that typically followed.
History is not being destroyed but the way people remember is being changed.
The danger in these metaphors is they can subconsciously discourage reinterpretation, which can further contribute to sexist, racist and colonial influence in historical writing.
The unity between Zimbabwe’s two main ethnic groups is so fragile that even an inspirational street mural can expose it.
The suburban-built environment whitewashes the violence and theft on which Canada is built.
When Britain legislated to abolish slavery in 1833, some former slave owners moved to the Australasian colonies. New research traces this movement of people, money and ideologies.
The late Princess of Wales has become a vehicle for others to reflect their own feelings.
Reactions to the new figure embody the problems that come with recreating the images of modern icons
Statues can help us more fully understand our past and celebrate the contribution of women.
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Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Research Fellow, Centre of Critical Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University
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Adjunct professor and adjunct senior lecturer in tourism management, Adelaide University
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PhD Student, University of Victoria
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Professor, Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences, Tufts University
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Visiting Fellow in History, Anglia Ruskin University
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Lecturer in International Relations, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of History, The University of Melbourne
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Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University
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Lecturer Department of African Studies and Linguistics, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Geography, University of Victoria
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Associate Professor, Media, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University
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Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in History, specialising in built heritage and material culture, University of the Sunshine Coast