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Art and the Mexican Revolution
History & The Arts

Art and the Mexican Revolution

...families in America and who were major patrons of Mexican art in the period) largely controlled MoMA and owned the Standard Oil Company, which made huge operating profits south of the border. In this sense, Mexican murals were embroiled in a broader negotiation between the two countries, in which the purported nationalism of the Mexican post-revolutionary governments was...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
One refugee's story: A long, risky journey
Society, Politics & Law

One refugee's story: A long, risky journey

...family,” he recalls. Orfahli is one of thousands of men, women and children fleeing war-torn countries in the Middle East. He calls Syria home — or at least he used to. Not long ago, he was a law student in Lebanon. He regularly went back to visit his family in Jobar, not far from the Syrian capital Damascus. Life was good. Then came the war. The bitter fighting...
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Article 5 mins
On the loss of a baby
Health, Sports & Psychology

On the loss of a baby

...family and friends Family and friends may struggle to support grieving families because they don’t know what to say or do in response to parents’ distress. But talking about the baby and being able to say their baby’s name can be important for grieving parents. Of course, family members such as siblings and grandparents are grieving too, and everyone has their own...
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Article 5 mins
Irish Women’s Poetry: Eavan Boland
OpenLearn Ireland

Irish Women’s Poetry: Eavan Boland

...history face up to the whole truth of the past, its humiliations and starvations. ‘That the Science…’ challenges the official version of Irish history as drawn on a map. Although seductive, with ‘ingenious design’ and ‘curve’, the map holds no trace of the famine road nor its harrowing truth. Boland uses the map to make a political point: those who control...
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Article 5 mins
From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK
Society, Politics & Law

From insecurity to insecurity: Black and Ethnic Minority Europeans in the UK

...family members, the relative ease of self employment in the UK, as well as what they perceived to be a more multiculturalist society where ethnic differences were more welcomed than they felt in their European home countries. However, as we spoke with our research participants in spring 2016, the foremost reason why our interview partners had moved to the UK was economic....
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Article 5 mins
Exploring philosophy: faking nature
History & The Arts

Exploring philosophy: faking nature

...history should make a difference to how it is thought about now. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course A853 MA Philosophy Part I...Week 1: Originals and copies: 1 Key questions - When is it right to restore something that has been damaged? In 1982, the philosopher Robert Elliot raised this question in regards to the natural...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Understanding Classical terms
History & The Arts

Understanding Classical terms

...Histories’ in more detail. [Image taken from page 387 of 'Herodotus: the text of Canon Rawlinson's translation, 1897] Image taken from page 387 of 'Herodotus: the text of Canon Rawlinson's translation, 1897 Names, places and maps Many Greek names have more than one English equivalent. For instance, you will find Kyros as well as Cyrus, Aegyptos as well as Egypt. The...
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Activity 5 mins
Crafting a new international partnership for racial equity in Higher Education
Education & Development

Crafting a new international partnership for racial equity in Higher Education

...History Month 2020, Jessica Aguti of Makerere University and Charles Mbalyohere of The Open University were invited to talk about an exciting partnership between their two institutions...Transcript At this early stage of a new partnership between The Open University UK and Uganda’s Makerere University, it helps to draw on a few reflections from history and to envision...
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Video 10 mins