Volume 38, nr. 3 5 minutes By Tessa Russchen, English Observing the depiction of women in Game of Thrones through a historical lens: “Brienne of Tarth and Arya Stark demonstrate the potential of female agency in a male-dominated society.” Tessa Russchen is a third-year History student. She is currently on exchange in Dublin, following the […]
Category: Time periods
UU’s Research Labs
Volume 38, nr. 3 5 minutes By John Healey, English. What’s wrong with Research Labs in the History Bachelor’s at Utrecht University: “The Research Lab courses are shit, and something’s gotta change.” In this Inzet, John Healey takes an axe towards the UU’s Research Lab courses. He explains why these courses are not going to […]
Producing punk
Volume 38, nr. 3 10 minutes By Merlijn Barkema, English The history of the ‘anarchy shirt’: “Commodification and consumption were always part of the punk subculture.” What do fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, artist and producer Malcolm McLaren and the band members of the Sex Pistols have in common? They are the central figures in the […]
The Color Purple deserves a gold medal
Review of The Color Purple: “Life is brutal for young black girls, and so is this book for its readers.”
The Strangeness of Stranger Things
Accuracy of Stranger Things: “Is the only fiction in the series the Upside Down, or are there more strange things going on here?”
Six Degrees of Self-Delusion
A special yearbook from 1942: “This book is not ordinary at all, but the materialisation of some despicable beliefs.”
Destroying Democracy
Philippe Pétain’s methods and reasons for undermining democracy: “During World War II, the democratic institutions of the French Republic were actively destroyed.”
A New Approach for a New History
Opinion piece on including the histories of indigenous peoples in historical debate: “It is crucial to consider to whom you give voice.”
