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Tag: nineteenth-century

  • Historian Highlight – João Moreira da Silva

    Historian Highlight – João Moreira da Silva

    Historian Highlight is an ongoing series sharing the research experiences of historians in the History Faculty in Cambridge and beyond. In this instalment, Chris Campbell sat down with second-year History PhD student João Moreira da Silva to talk about his research on the Portuguese Empire and its colonial legacies. João, let’s start by talking about your PhD research. My…

  • Bored Bluestockings and Frivolous Flirts: The Necessary Adaptations of Early Female University Students in Ireland

    Bored Bluestockings and Frivolous Flirts: The Necessary Adaptations of Early Female University Students in Ireland

    By Aoife O’Leary McNeice (@aolmcn) Female students were admitted to Queen’s College Cork (QCC) – now University College Cork – Ireland in 1886. One might imagine that these women were innovative and progressive, as they challenged the boundaries placed upon their gender by entering the predominantly male space of the University. But despite their pursuit of higher…