Les Hommes Libres belicht de rol van Noord-Afrikaanse moslims in het Franse verzet tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog, een vergeten onderdeel van de Franse geschiedenis.
Category: Contemporary
Women’s Bodies as Ideological Battlefields
This article investigates how Reza Shah Pahlavi’s forced unveiling policy politicized the bodies of Iranian women and examines the effects of this politicization.
She did not stand aside
Volume 39, nr. 1 10 minutes By Michelle Moonen, English This article reveals the dynamic interplay between invented traditions, imagined communities and commemoration of the Second World War within the Utrecht student association U.V.S.V. The Utrecht student association U.V.S.V, a so-called ‘gezelligheidsvereniging,’ has its own way of traditions commemorating the Second World War. How can […]
Is the West turning Conservative?
Interview with Prof. Dr. Annelien de Dijn about the rise of conservatism and nationalism in the West.
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 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?”
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.”
