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Why Do Historians Disagree?
History & The Arts

Why Do Historians Disagree?

...de-industrialisation in the early to mid-1980s, for example. The role of ideology and politics Disagreements can also be more overtly ideological in character. They can be articulated as conscious or thinly-veiled political disagreements, or, as the unacknowledged (and sometimes consciously denied) manifestation of ideological predispositions. At one level, political...
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Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)
Science, Maths & Technology

Broken Hearts in Batten Disease (Juvenile Dementia)

...DE ANGELIS, M. H. & COTMAN, S. L. 2012. Large-scale phenotyping of an accurate genetic mouse model of JNCL identifies novel early pathology outside the central nervous system. PLoS One, 7, e38310. WAGER, K., ZDEBIK, A. A., FU, S., COOPER, J. D., HARVEY, R. J. & RUSSELL, C. 2016. Neurodegeneration and Epilepsy in a Zebrafish Model of CLN3 Disease (Batten Disease). PLoS...
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Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period
History & The Arts

Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period

...De Troyes, C. (1991) Arthurian Romances. London: Penguin Classics. El, C. (2016) Moor. What They Didn’t Teach you in Black History Class. Vol. 1 and 2. California: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. El, C. (2016) Black a Moor: Bridging the Gap between Black and Moor. California: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Eveleth, R. (2014) Not all the...
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Language of Poverty
Society, Politics & Law

Language of Poverty

...de facto, continue to be seen as the actual representative picture of what it is to live in poverty in Britain. I mean, there was a documentary a couple of years ago on the BBC called Poor Kids, which I thought was positive because it allowed children in poverty to speak about their experiences as they actually were. And I think just that one documentary punctured a lot...
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Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why are young men worldwide experiencing mental health crises?

...de Silva, an anthropologist at Atlanta’s Emory College, tells me that in Japan, “The whole idea is that by one individual taking his or her life, so the honour is restored or the family member would be spared the shame.” “Other people’s evaluation adds an additional burden,” says Kim. A person’s shame could leak and stain those around them. Under past...
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Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...de couleur) to describe others: this reflects the different contemporary social and political experiences of the people they discuss. In the session on human ‘zoos’, Dr Suki Haider describes Sarah Baartman as Khoikhoi – a term to describe one of the Khoe-speaking polities in South Africa, and much more accurate than the pejorative colonial designation of...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...De Vere, 1996; Richardson, Woods and Franklin, 2007, p. 376-378). This is a very important statement by an artist who, unlike Vasari, had in-depth knowledge of both Byzantine and Renaissance art. It is true that El Greco was born and raised in Venetian Crete, and he started his career as an icon painter. However, any suspicion of strong attachment to his Byzantine roots...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations
Education & Development

Why riot? Community, choices, aspirations

...De Bono, E. (1985) Six Thinking Hats. London, England: Penguin Books. Freire, P. (1993 [1977]) Pedagogy of the oppressed. (Ramos, M) London, England: Penguin Books...Session 1: Community: Further reading - Belfast interface project ‘Reflected Lives’: Intergenerational Oral Histories of Belfast’s Peace Wall Communities project YouTube Reframe - breaking down the...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs