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Alejandro Barrett Lopez – Historian Highlight
By Alejandro Barrett Lopez (@Alebarr_1889), 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 in…
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The Gentleman Pirate Isn’t Such a Gentleman: a historical analysis of erasure in ‘Our Flag Means Death’
By Jendayi Omowale, @jen_omo Our Flag Means Death, a show about queer pirates roaming the seas produced by Taika Waititi, made a big splash on HBO. It became one of the most in-demand shows in the U.S. last year, beating Marvel-backed shows like Moon Knight.[i] I came across the show as I have many shows before it,…
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