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Working with C. S. Sherrington, 1918-24
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‘IV Later Middle Ages (1200-1500): (ii) European History’
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"A hideous torture on himself": madness and self-mutilation in Victorian literature.
(2011-12)This paper suggests that late nineteenth-century definitions of self-mutilation, a new category of psychiatric symptomatology, were heavily influenced by the use of self-injury as a rhetorical device in the novel, for the ... -
Regulating the 1918-19 pandemic: flu, stoicism and the Northcliffe press.
(2013-04)Social historians have argued that the reason the 1918–19 ‘Spanish’ influenza left so few traces in public memory is that it was ‘overshadowed’ by the First World War, hence its historiographical characterisation as the ... -
‘Medieval’, ‘Renaissance’, ‘Modern’. Issues of Periodization in Italian University History
(The Society for Renaissance Studies / John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2013-09-13)Italian university historiography is strongly influenced by current notions of periodization and change. ‘Medieval’ universities have been seen as unique but soon outdated creations, to be overtaken by ‘Renaissance’ ... -
Reconciliation and violence: Hannah Arendt on historical understanding
(2014-01-01)This essay reconstructs Hannah Arendt's reading of Marx and Hegel in order to elucidate her critique of comprehensive philosophies of history. During the early 1950s Arendt endeavoured to develop a historical epistemology ... -
The Archimedean point: Science and technology in the thought of Hannah Arendt, 1951-1963
(2014-01-01)This essay examines Hannah Arendt's treatment of science and technology in her work during the 1950s and early 1960s. As scientific research acquired prominence in the United States and Germany after the Second World War, ... -
Clinical molecular genetics in the UK c.1975-c.2000
(Queen Mary, University of London, 2014-02-16)Chaired by Professor Martin Bobrow and introduced by Professor Bob Williamson, this Witness Seminar included geneticists from a broad range of research and clinical specialities. Discussions of molecular research into ... -
Russisch Grün Eine Kulturpoetik des Gartens im Russland des langen 18. Jahrhunderts
(transcript Verlag, 2014-03)Russische Gartenkunst in ihrer kulturellen und literarischen Vielfalt: Auf beeindruckender Materialbasis entwirft Anna Ananieva eine Kulturpoetik des Gartens in Russland und zeichnet überraschende Verflechtungen mit der ...