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I found the exercise of pair writing very challenging, and there might be several reasons for that. Firstly, as I am still in the process of very early research for my essay, I felt that my ideas were not  formed

Today, conflict and ‘law’ are inseparable. The ‘Hauge Laws’ regulate conflict, proscribing weapons which cause unnecessary suffering, as well as the targeting of civilians. These proscriptions can be traced to the 1868 preamble to the St Petersburg Declaration prohibiting explosive

Tourism is not only a major force within a country’s economy, but also vital within the Western cultural lifestyle. [1] Within Europe, tourism provided some reconstruction of normality after the tragedies of the Second World War.[2]The twentieth century brought about new understandings

International Women’s Movements and Transnational Feminism: International Women’s Organisations in the Interwar Years Muthunlakshmi Reddi, founder-president of the Women’s Indian Association, stated at the 1933 International Council of Women that “from its infancy, the women’s movement was international in character”.[1]

Commercialized Peripheries: The role of legal and illegal northern European trade in the colonial Spanish Southern Cone (1802-18077)      The Atlantic Ocean is more than a stretch of water between continents. Rather, it is an arena for trade, migration, conflict,

  France, at the end of the 1960s, saw nuclear protest movements emerge because of rising ecological fears.[1]Meanwhile, in 1967, ‘Nature and Youth’ formed in Norway as a radical environmentalist group.[2] Clearly, there existed a European trend of environmental mobilisation in Europe

The Cold War has commonly been interpreted as the antithesis to globalisation. Following the Second World War, rather than being united in peace, the world was harshly divided into two distinct camps. The Iron Curtain separating East and West was

What does a postmodernist historiographical approach reveal about the driving determinants that inform post-Soviet Belarusian and Ukrainian textbooks’ origin of nationhood and conception of ‘nation’? As one of the biggest stages for international conflict throughout the twentieth century, Eastern Europe

Project Title – Rapanui and the Obliteration of Isolated Civilizations: Causes, Effects, and Methods of Comprehension  Word Count: 656  Rapanui, a tiny grass-covered rock that is more commonly referred to as Easter Island, is the most isolated island in the Pacific

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As I have been narrowing my focus as we approach our project proposals, I have found the recent conflicts in Eastern Europe to be particularly pertinent to my research. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has provoked a lot of questions among

Hi, everyone! Since we were cut short for time, I’m transferring all of my thoughts to my blog post for the week – but am happy to share in our unconference on Saturday if needed. In my previous post, I

What began as a simple, straightforward final project idea has now transformed into a new, complex, and nuanced research proposal. Based on my research from previous summers, I believed I had a firm grasp of the concepts and directions of

As I have researched and read for my project, I feel like I have already greatly shifted and morphed my ideas. I am primarily interested in the international and transnational flows and connections surrounding women’s movements and suffrage. While this