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Skulls in print: scientific racism in the transatlantic world

19 Mar 2014

A PhD student’s research at Cambridge’s Department of History and Philosophy of Science has revealed how racist ideas and images circulated between...

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Fostering understanding between the Islamic world and the West

07 May 2013

Frankie Martin, MPhil student in the Department of Social Anthropology will speak tonight at the showing of a documentary Journey into America: The...

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After landing at San Carlos, a heavily laden paratrooper of 2 Parachute Regiment heads south for Sussex Mountain on 21 May 1982. From there the Battalion attacked Goose Green.

Thatcher Archive reveals deep divisions on the road to Falklands War

22 Mar 2013

The Falklands War – the conflict that defined much of Margaret Thatcher’s political career and legacy – dominates the release of her personal papers...

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Dark clouds over the White House

White House veteran warns of gathering storm

01 Nov 2012

As America reels from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, a Cambridge academic and White House veteran is warning of a looming foreign policy storm...

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Tea Party protest against President Obama's healthcare reforms

Healthcare - from post-communism to Obama

23 Jun 2011

The fierce opposition to President Obama’s healthcare policy in the US and the challenges facing health reformists in post-communist Europe are to be...

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A.M. Walzer Co. United States Inlay Puzzle

Neighbourly in Nebraska, nervous in New York

11 Sep 2008

The personalities of people in the USA often differ according to the state in which they live, a new study led by Cambridge University has revealed...

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