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What papers won’t tell you: “The battle of Algiers”
By Marta Musso I would like to inaugurate film reviewing on DHP with “The battles of Algiers” by Gillo Pontecorvo, perhaps the most important film on terrorism and counter insurgency ever made. It tells the story of the Algerian war by focussing on the years 1956-1957, the period of guerrilla warfare in the capital.
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Critiquing cultural spaces: an interview with Alice Procter of the Uncomfortable Art Tours
By Alice Procter (@aaprocter) and Mobeen Hussain (@amhuss27) Alice Procter is a historian of material culture based at UCL. She has six years of tour guiding experience at heritage sites and galleries and runs Uncomfortable Art Tours, podcasts and writes under the umbrella of The Exhibitionist. I had the chance to interview you her about her work…
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Muhammad Suhail Bin Mohamed Yazid – Historian Highlight
By Muhammad Suhail Bin Mohamed Yazid, interviewed by Alex White (@alex_j_white) Historian Highlight is a new series sharing the research experiences of historians in the History Faculty in Cambridge. We ask students how they came to research their topic, their favourite archival find, as well as the best (and worst) advice they’ve received as academics…
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