Peter Leese is the co-editor of Migrant Emotions: Inclusion and Exclusion in Transnational Spaces, recently published by Liverpool University Press. Here, he writes of two exhibitions at the Venice Biennale that complement his work as a cultural historian in expanding the migration studies debate. A vast dark room. Two parallel strip lights outline the rectangle … Continue reading
Liverpool University Press to publish Church Archaeology from 2025
Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce the publication of Church Archaeology from 2025. Browse the journal on the LUP website: https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/churcharch.
Harki descendants reimagine the limits of testimony and reparative justice
Clíona Hensey, author of Reconstructive Memory Work, delves into the struggles of female descendants of Harkis in this blog post, highlighting their fight for justice and critique of France’s colonial past and its lasting legacies.
‘Historians will say they were just friends’ – studying sexual norms in the ancient past.
Ulriika Vihervalli discusses the heteronormative ideals of the late antique Christian church, how historians' interpretations of historical sources erase 'other' sexual identities, and her new book, Desire and Disunity.
Why Bother with H G Wells in the Twenty-First Century?
Author Bill Cooke examines some of the most popular claims about H G Wells's views on fascism, utopia, and science, viewing Wells as a public intellectual and revealing how he foresaw our current era of ecological disaster.
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