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Monarchs on the Margins? A Global History of Royalty at Oxford

Numerically speaking, Oxford’s role as a training ground for global monarchy eclipses its function of …

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(De)colonizing the Pitt Rivers Museum?

Dark, quiet, and tucked away behind the dinosaur skeletons, taxidermy, and excited children of the …

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‘Of Oxford … chiefly North’: Women in Oxford

A brief history of women in Oxford and their experiences studying. Oxford is a place …

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Literature after the British Empire: V.S. Naipaul’s story

V.S. Naipaul’s writings provide a unique insight into his attempt at constructing authentic identity. When …

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A Brief History of Oxford Time

A brief history of time and temporality in Oxford, from tradition and fiction to science and modernity

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MPs for MAs? The fall of Oxford University’s parliamentary constituency

This article looks back at the past voting habits of Oxford’s alumni, and at one …

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A Window into Oxford’s Connections with Proslavery Politics

Among the stained glass windows in the antechapel of Wadham College, Oxford, lie the arms …

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Capitalism and Slavery: The View to and from Oxford

A review of a lecture on 31 October 2019 by Professor Richard Drayton, Rhodes Professor …

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A Tale of Two Cities: Oxford’s Relief Road Controversy

Oxford’s current traffic problems have their roots in the 1920s, when car ownership increased dramatically. …

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Museum gallery lines with white statues on both sides, with benches in the middle. The White Lie: Questioning the Legacy of ‘Whitewashing’ Ancient Sculpture

The White Lie: Questioning the Legacy of ‘Whitewashing’ Ancient Sculpture

Greek and Roman sculpture has always been considered a paradigm of art through the centuries. …

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A Tale of Two Toilets

The story of two toilets and their relationship to Oxford. At first glance, there’s not …

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Why Brexit? Because Empire.

Imperial nostalgia is at the heart of the Brexit controversy.

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