On the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s Utopia, Dr David Hitchcock considers his vision of a perfect society compared to US President-elect Trump’s ideal version of a Utopian society.
“Fate left me off at the UN building – I wonder why?” Wonder Woman & the UN
Dr Michael Goodrum, Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities, discusses the decision by the UN to name comic book heroine Wonder Woman as an honorary ambassador. Wonder Woman has been […]
The nuclear Donald Trump: A peculiarly British anxiety?
Ahead of the US election on 8 November, Kevin Ruane, Professor of Modern History, reflects on the nuclear anxieties associated with a possible Trump presidency.
Have we been studying the Battle of Hastings in the wrong way?
Dr Leonie Hicks, Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities, argues for a different way to study the battle.
Battle of the Somme, foolish or a turning point in military history?
Dr Martin Watts, Principal Research Fellow at the Centre for Kent History and Heritage at Canterbury Christ Church University, summarises the Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest battles of World War One, on the 100th anniversary.
Who owned the gown found at the bottom of the sea?
Dr Sara Wolfson, School of Humanities Senior Lecturer, questions the ownership of recently discovered bounty in the Waddon Sea.
Academic comments on 40th anniversary of the IRA Maidstone pub bombing
In September 1975, forty years ago this week, the Northern Irish Troubles were experienced first-hand in the heart of Kent, when an IRA gang bombed a pub in Maidstone.
Waterloo showed Wellington to be merely competent not exceptional
On June 18 1815, British and French armies clashed for a final time in a muddy field in Belgium. The defeat of Napoleon, by the Duke of Wellington at the […]