History: Recent submissions
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Introduction: Age of Promises - Electoral Pledges in Twentieth Century Britain
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 25 March 2021)Age of Promises explores the issue of electoral promises in twentieth century Britain - how they were made, how they were understood, and how they evolved across time - through a study of general election manifestos and ... -
Responding to violence: liturgy, authority and sacred places, c. 900-c.1150
(Cambridge University Press / Royal Historical Society, 8 November 2021)The principle that church buildings constitute sacred spaces, set apart from the secular world and its laws, is one of the most enduring legacies of medieval Christianity in the present day. When and how church buildings ... -
COVID-19, online shaming, and health-care professionals
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“Absolutely nothing is so important for a nation’s culture as its language” (Wilhelm von Humbolt): The Cornish language in formal education
(Academia.edu, 20 July 2021)Cornish is the vernacular language of Cornwall in the far South-West of Great Britain. It is currently taught through adult education and a correspondence course but has a limited position within formal and compulsory ... -
‘A kind of sensory, strange thing to experience’: Speaking environmental disaster in the Sea Empress Project archive
(White Horse Press, 7 December 2021)This article explores embodied encounters with the Sea Empress oil spill of 1996 and their representation in oral narratives. Through a close reading of the personal testimonies collected in the Sea Empress Project ...