Spider-Man, Ancient Greek Kings, Heroes and Monsters… spot the difference!

Reproduction in early modern Europe (a period roughly dated to from the late 15th to late 18th centuries) was inherently bound to the gender binary.

A History of Minority Persecution in Myanmar

Reproduction in early modern Europe (a period roughly dated to from the late 15th to late 18th centuries) was inherently bound to the gender binary.

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, On the Consolation of Philosophy, 1385, courtesy of the Special Collections Library of Glasgow University.

We owe it all to the East: The revival of Natural Philosophy in 11th and 12th century Europe

The splitting of the Roman Empire and emergence of early Christianity as the dominant authority in 11th and 12th century Europe, resulted in a significant loss of knowledge, namely from Ancient Greek natural philosophers.

Baker Boy and beyond: the Aboriginal ‘Cultural Renaissance’ of the 1980s and Australia’s view of Indigenous music

The 1988 Bicentennial was an opportunity for white Australians to celebrate the arrival of the ‘Tall Ships’. Indigenous Australians used the event to fight for a creative space within the Australian arts scene, and to showcase a vibrant Indigenous cultural identity among the Bicentennial hype. Performance of Indigenous music became a political act.

Maquart Fidel Dominikus Wocher, Harpie Monstre Amphibie Vivant, 1784, courtesy of Images of the French Revolution from Stanford Libraries.

Marie Antoinette: The French Revolution’s Anti-Hero

Marie-Antoinette entered France in 1770 as the young Dauphine and was executed in 1793 as a common Austrian whore. The Revolution found its anti-hero in the foreign Queen: she served as a symbol of Austrian conspiracy, the Old Regime and the malign woman.