The United States came out of the Revolutionary War victorious. But building a new nation was very different from fighting a war.
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The notebook preserves something that composer-centred histories often miss: the musical work taking place around Mozart, in this case by a young woman.
Vanbrugh’s houses deliver on sensory impact and stirred emotions – the wow factor.
Talk Like A Pirate Day is one of the internet’s favourite holidays. But who were these infamous seafarers and how did they really talk?
The nation’s first successful circulating library was established almost 300 years ago by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia.
University campuses reflect the layers of architectural and landscape styles that have shaped our cities and suburbs.
New books by George Megalogenis and Paul Strangio consider 21st century Australia: a time of rapid social change with many politicians stuck ‘in a white-bloke past’.
Alice Duncan-Kemp’s books drew on a childhood in intimate contact with Mithaka people. Historian Tom Griffiths’ book, Alice’s dreaming, reminds us of her work.
Humans have spent thousands of years searching for a hangover cure – yet the ultimate price of heavy drinking remains unchanged.
If you’ve got problem neighbours, or your house and garden seem to suffer from bad luck, perhaps it’s time to try a magical solution.
Bréhémont, clayn, chalamon or craponne… Never heard of them? These cheeses of old speak volumes about France’s history of cheesemaking.
On September 11 2001 New York City’s skyline was suddenly and dramatically altered.
It’s an attractively neat idea. But when it came to paying Roman soldiers, coins did the job admirably.
Uncertainty over whether the seat of the papacy would remain in the city explains why Rome was a late developer when it came to palace-building, lagging behind Florence and Venice.
Both families and the church assumed that the purpose of marriage was to have children. Couples who did not conceive often faced questions and scrutiny.
Historical events hold lessons about collaboration and competition in space that could inform how experts plan for the discovery of life beyond Earth.
There are fewer students continuing to study history in Year 12 than ever before. But that doesn’t mean they don’t value it.
John Mase Smith probably holds the record for the briefest second marriage, heading back to his first wife at 5am the morning after his bigamous wedding in 1849.
A team of historians, archaeologists and forensic anthropologists is trying to identify 15 German soldiers who were unceremoniously dumped in a ditch after trying to help the British capture Philadelphia.
In the tapestry’s early scenes depicting what happened before 1066, William of Normandy and Harold Godwinson helped each other.
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Professor of History, Australian Catholic University
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Research Associate, Institute for Prehistory and Early History and Medieval Archaeology, University of Tübingen
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato
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PhD Candidate, Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol
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Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
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Professor Emerita, Classical Studies, The Open University
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Associate Professor, Fashion History, De Montfort University
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Professor of History, President, Australian Historical Association, Macquarie University
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Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Winchester
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IE School of Humanities, IE University; California State University San Marcos
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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