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An empire for the Enlightenment: Britain, Quebec, and the American Revolution

An empire for the Enlightenment: Britain, Quebec, and the American Revolution

Posted on 11 December 2023 by Keir Waddington

As Ashley Walsh explains in this blog post, it is a counter-intuitive feature of the Enlightenment that it could be intolerant. We tend to associate the Enlightenment with religious toleration […]

Gaming the past: Cardiff Heritage Jam

Posted on 27 November 2023 by Keir Waddington

Esther Wright explains in this post how a chance introduction to Daniel J. Finnegan, Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Cardiff University, and the realization of our shared interest in […]

Power failures, sovereignty and environmental justice in Lebanon

Posted on 13 November 2023 by Keir Waddington

In his post, Owain Lawson explains As I work towards finishing my first book—Power Failures: Development, Sovereignty, and Environmental Justice in Lebanon—I have become preoccupied with the question of whether […]

Cymro a’i Geiniog / A Welsh King and his Coin

Posted on 2 November 2023 by Keir Waddington

Doedd brenhinoedd y Cymry ddim yn rhai i roi eu henwau ar geiniogau – fel arfer. Mae un eithriad: ceiniog sy’n dwyn yr enw Hoƿæl Rex. Hywel ap Cadell (Hywel […]