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Learning Physics and Equality while watching Bonanza: the Albert Michelson episode

Maria Seijo-Richart - December 19, 2018

The newest series of Dr. Who has been consistently praised, not only because, for the first time, the doctor is a woman, but for chapters like “Rosa” (Chapter 3), in…

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Histories of cinema: Japanese acrobats, Fred dancing upside down and Joseph flying across the room. The camera never lies?

Maria Seijo-Richart - September 18, 2017

What do a silent film comedy short, a 1950s Hollywood musical and a contemporary science-fiction film have in common? Answer: the three of them falsified the camera’s perspective to get…

History? Not without language!

Marinella Testori - November 24, 2016

Dear all, I hope you are well. Today I would share with you a point that is object of my constant reflection. I have been always intrigued by the multiple ways…

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Histories of cinema: When censorship backfires. Watching Gilda in dictatorship Spain

Maria Seijo-Richart - October 27, 2016

A colleague, who recently included the film Gilda (1946) in one of her lectures, asked me if I had watched it. Not only had I watched Gilda, but the film…

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Lessons in herstory: Mary Moffat, explorer of the Kalahari

Maria Seijo-Richart - January 6, 2016

Chronicling history always involves a process of selection and summary in order to make dates and events manageable. However, who has the authority to decide what is relevant and what…

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The lady archer: from invalidism to the New Woman

Maria Seijo-Richart - November 21, 2015

Last week, the secretary of my archery club sent us the latest issue of our newsletter, which included the photo below. He said to have chosen it at random, but…

Teaching Lynching using the Visual Image

Catherine Armstrong - June 21, 2011

For the last couple of years I have taught a 3rd year unit on twentieth century cultural history and one of the topics that the students always ‘enjoy’ (if that’s…

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