Tag: historian
The fashion historian: This is how we dress in a recession
Emma Severinsson, fashion historian at Lund University, says that a more stripped-down style is common in recessions. – A crisis in itself cannot revolutionize fashion completely, but what emerged during…
Wokistan, Roald Dahl, the Rushdians: the year 2023 seen by the historian of the future
In a few centuries, from a distant galaxy, a historian will look back on earthly cultural life at the beginning of the 21st century and analyze the fall of the…
Michelle Perrot, the feminist historian attacking the younger generations
She hates being ecstatic about her age, we read, so we don’t tell her, but we think it loud, very loud. Rarely have we seen a person of 94 spring…
Local historian shares Almost Forgotten: Black History in Oxford County
As part of Black History Month, the Oxford County Library and the Oxford County Archives are hosting Almost Forgotten: Black History in Oxford County, the second installment of their new…
Sports historian calls for stories: ‘Almost every football club had Jewish members during the war’
All information is welcome, the sports historian emphasizes. “Anything people know or remember, or if people have questions or want help figuring something out, they are welcome. People often think…
“The war will certainly worsen, because Russia will relieve its plight with attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine”, assesses the military historian
The actions of the Russian forces in Ukraine will become even more brutal and uglier in the future, estimates the docent of military history Lasse Laaksonen. – Yes, it is…
Jean-Numa Ducange (historian): “The Festival of Huma is unavoidable” for many political leaders
The Festival of Humanity begins this Saturday, September 10, 2022 in Brétigny-sur-Orge in Essonne. This major popular, political and musical unmissable event for the start of the new school year…
Photo historian Róman Kienjet on the beginnings of photo booths and rapid photography: ‘This is a rather unknown history’
At the start of the research on fast photography, which nobody previously knew about, Kienjet had expected to come across portraits of people who were unknown. “For example, people who…
Laurent Joly, historian: “The Roundup of Vel d’Hiv”
The Vel d’Hiv roundup, 80 years to the day after this tragic event, a look back at the Vel d’Hiv roundup, with historian Laurent Joly, author of a historical investigation…
Art historian Mary ‘Sis’ van Rossem passed away
In another series from 2019, called Brothers in Berlin, Mary had to cancel due to health problems. She was unable to participate in the program at the time because of…