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Anxious Politics

Bethany Albertson and Shana Kushner Gadarian, co-authors of Anxious Politics: Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World (2015), discuss the relationship between anxiety, public mood and politics.

Shana Kushner Gadarian, Bethany Albertson | 8 Feb 2016

The gender politics of military service

Author Dorit Geva discusses her novel approach to studying the gender politics of military service in France and the United States.

8 Feb 2016

London Lives Revealed: George Barrington

All this week on fifteeneightyfour we are reconstructing the lives of eighteenth century Londoners who feature in, London Lives a new book which examines the daily lives of the poor and criminal in eighteenth century London, including thieves, paupers, prostitutes and highwaymen, and shows how their actions influenced the pace and direction of change in social policy.

5 Feb 2016

London Lives Revealed: Richard Hedges

All this week on fifteeneightyfour we are reconstructing the lives of eighteenth century Londoners who feature in, London Lives a new book which examines the daily lives of the poor and criminal in eighteenth century London, including thieves, paupers, prostitutes and highwaymen, and shows how their actions influenced the pace and direction of change in social policy.

Robert Shoemaker | 4 Feb 2016

London Lives Revealed: Catherine Jones

All this week on fifteeneightyfour we are reconstructing the lives of eighteenth century Londoners who feature in, London Lives a new book which examines the daily lives of the poor and criminal in eighteenth century London, including thieves, paupers, prostitutes and highwaymen, and shows how their actions influenced the pace and direction of change in social policy.

3 Feb 2016

London Lives Revealed: Jane Vobe

Jane Vobe, b. 1775 The fifth of six children of a pauper family, Jane Vobe was cared for by her parish for six years, until she ran away from her apprenticeship. Family and Early Life Jane Vobe, the daughter...

Robert Shoemaker | 2 Feb 2016

Black History Month – John Anthony Copeland

All this month fifteeneightyfour is celebrating Black History Month with a series of articles exploring the lives of some of the most important people in African-American history.

Steven Lubet | 1 Feb 2016

London Lives Revealed: Charlotte Walker

Throughout the week we will feature a ‘life in a day’, beginning with Charlotte Walker, a recidivist pickpocket who was rarely punished Charlotte Walker, c. 1754-1806 Charlotte Walker was...

1 Feb 2016

Sorted, Polarized and Gridlocked in 2016

James Thurber, co-author of American Gridlock: The Sources, Character, and Impact of Political Polarization (2016), examines the future of polarization and governing in the face of the 2016 US election.

James Thurber | 28 Jan 2016

Desires, Fears, Sex and Society

Ron Vannelli, author of The Evolution of Human Sociability: Desires, Fears, Sex and Society (2015), examines the origins of human behaviour.

Ron Vannelli | 25 Jan 2016