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Call for papers: Food and Health in Early Modern Europe
SSHM Postgraduate Conference, “Health Histories: The Next Generation”, will take place on 12-13th October 2017 in Shanghai, China.
Registration is now open for Who Cares? The Past and Present of Caring
This two-day conference to be held on 27th and 28th March, is co-sponsored by the Women, Gender and Sexuality, Health, Medicine and Society and Medieval Studies Clusters in the School of History
Taboo: the East India Company and the true horrors of empire
Dr Andrea Major considers some of the facts behind the BBC period drama Taboo
How different would North Korea have been under Kim Jong-nam? (Guardian, 23/02/17)
Adam Cathcart speaks to the Guardian about how Kim Jong-un's multilingual, well-travelled older brother might have helped the country towards reform.
North Korean officials set to fly to US despite latest nuclear test and assassination of Kim's brother (Daily Mail, 20/02/17)
Dr Adam Cathcart comments on the latest developments in North Korea and the United States’ foreign relations, arguing that the Americans have not been very critical of them despite recent events