Since World War II, Germany has been uniquely shaped by atoning for the Holocaust. This is reflected in its categorisation of criticism of Israel as antisemitic and its minimal national security.
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By showing the blitz through the eyes of a young black Londoner finding his way home through the city, McQueen reveals a fresh perspective on this familiar story.
Lee, the feature film staring Kate Winslet, explores the rawness of authentic image making and the impact of gender in war reporting.
Russia has a history of using its huge population to build a massive army that is able to overwhelm most enemies through sheer weight of numbers.
The Polish government is fully supportive of Ukraine. But the Polish people are not so steadfast.
The idea of generations as self-conscious group identities came into being with the trauma and upheaval of the first world war.
Arendt maintained that our ‘common sense’ depends on our good will and curiosity, our adventurous enjoyment of testing opinions and perspectives against those of others.
These films and TV shows explore the origins, impact and aftermath of the allied strategic gamble, 80 years on.
Who was Lee Miller, the subject of Kate Winslet’s new biopic?
Winslet battled for eight years to bring the extraordinary life story of Lee Miller to the big screen.
Mongolia has worked hard to craft friendly relations across the globe. But geography means that Russia and China still retain a strong influence.
Dennis Glover asks where the world might be heading and warns that maybe the endgame has already begun.
This time it is Ukrainian troops that are on the offensive.
Racist mobs attacked a 1949 concert in Peekskill, NY, helping raise anti-communist fervor after World War II and illustrating how hatred could gain legitimacy amid today’s political turmoil.
Even as Germany’s defeat loomed, the Nazis deported nearly 1,700 Jews of the Ladino-speaking community of Rhodes to concentration camps.
Although tempting to make the comparison, Vladimir Putin’s recent military purge doesn’t appear to be a replay of Stalin’s infamous purge in 1937.
On Flag Day, a historian of religions in America explains how the Pledge of Allegiance, which honors the American flag, is part of American civil religion.
Many victim-survivors and scholars say ‘sex slaves’ more accurately describes the abuses the women endured, but governments have been slow to change their view.
Veterans are rightly centered in D-day events but the speeches that invited heads of state deliver bring proceedings into the geopolitical present.
British progressive economists such as Barbara Wootton and William Beveridge locked horns with Friedrich Hayek over their vision of a European federation.
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Principal of South College, Durham University
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Reader in Modern Political History, Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer in Public History, Leeds Beckett University
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Principal Lecturer in History, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Southampton
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor, Russian and East European History, University of Alberta
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Professor Emeritus in Contemporary German History, Nottingham Trent University
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Post-Soviet Cultural History and Film, Queen Mary University of London
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Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford
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Professor in Communication Studies, McMaster University
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Professor Emeritus of Modern European History, University of Essex
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Associate Professor of History, UNSW
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Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra