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Left: Klee's Angelus Novus. Right: Kiefer's Sprache der Vogel. Winter argues that the progression from one image to the other represents a process of gradual "effacement" in art depicting war.

The carriers of memory

06 Mar 2012

Almost 100 years after the outbreak of World War I, public opinion about war in many of the countries that fought appears to have shifted completely...

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War memorial on Hills Road, Cambridge

How will we remember them?

10 Nov 2011

As we approach Remembrance Day, a Cambridge University project that looks at the role of memorials in conflict-torn communities is drawing to a close...

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Separation barrier in Jerusalem

Capturing urban conflict: beyond the newsreel

19 Oct 2011

A new exhibition unveils the work of a unique study into some of the most bitterly divided cities in the world, such as Jerusalem and Belfast...

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‘Solidarity Wall’

‘Picture This #8′ – ‘Solidarity Wall’, Department of Architecture.

12 Oct 2011

This area was the scene of a major conflict between the British Army and the IRA in 1970. Subsequently, the neighbourhood saw some of the worst...

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Voters at the southern Sudan referendum

Research on the front line

11 Mar 2011

An ambitious project with global reach seeks to address the most difficult and persistent internal conflicts – struggles for ethnic identity and...

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Twilight literature

The Twilight Zone?

03 Sep 2010

The effect on the teenage brain of books like Twilight and the Harry Potter series is to be examined at Cambridge University.

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Democracy

Power to the people?

26 May 2010

Greece was the birthplace of democracy, but our own political system would be unrecognisable to voters in Ancient Athens. As Classicist Paul...

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Case de Juntas, Gernika

Cultural heritage after conflict

01 May 2010

A collaborative study led by Cambridge is examining the impact on society of the destruction and reconstruction of cultural heritage.

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1972 Munich Olympic Stadium

The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany

01 May 2010

A new analysis of the Munich Games of 1972 places the event at the very centre of modern German history, as Dr Chris Young explains.

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Games!

Praise for research initiative on British Muslims

09 Apr 2010

A Cambridge University-led project which investigated what it means to be a Muslim living in modern Britain has won high praise as a model for future...

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Descendant of the apple tree

Economic and Social Research Council

01 Jan 2009

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) supports research from across the social sciences, from sociology to anthropology, through to...

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Pyramids of Giza and the Sphynx

Culture under threat

11 Dec 2008

The idea of culture is becoming synonymous with conflict and polarisation - and in the process putting some of the world's most precious heritage...

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