On fake news: the power of propaganda in protests
“This violence isn’t random; it is purposive and has reasons and goals, even though it...
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Category: ARTSCHOL 100 2020
A Modern French Revolution
In our lecture on the French revolution, one of the questions was why should we care about the...
Read MoreThe Hypocrisy of Social Justice in the French Revolution
To what extent does popular rule achieve social justice? Modernist scholars romanticize the French Revolution, where the common people rose and overthrew a corrupt establishment. A social pinnacle, where the foundations of...
Read MoreThe Stories of Victims of Violence: Retellings of the ‘Iliad’
The last time I read Homer’s ‘Iliad’ was in my Year 11 Classics class, but it’s the text that first came to mind when Joe Zizek brought up the topic of how we should discuss past violence. The ‘Iliad’ may be of hotly-debated...
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Nuclear Testing and Impacts on Indigenous People
Hi Team. This came across my FB feed. One more of the travesties of...
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The end, the means, and the manipulation.
While talking about international campaigns and how they work, Thomas Nash talked about there...
Read MoreWar, Memory and Forgetting
Hi team! This popped up over the weekend on the history department FB page and I think it raises some interesting and important questions about war, memory and commemoration. And what we choose to focus on. Particularly relevant...
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ANZAC – today and tomorrow
This year, amidst the lock down and the chaos, many New Zealanders are planning the long, arduous...
Read MoreReflections on Internal Conflict during COVID-19
As coronavirus ravages through the world, I feel odd basking in inner peace. Solitude, and time with my family have left me with hours to enjoy the simpler pleasures that life normally gets in the way of. Picking out tomorrow’s...
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