Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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Discourses of democracy and exclusion in the streets of Belgrade , 1968 - 1997
Published 2007-10-02In June 1968 students at the University of Belgrade occupied their Faculties for a week in protest at social inequalities. They denounced the Yugoslav bureaucracy and proclaimed their solidarity with the working class. ...Open AccessThesis -
A Question of Principle ? : John F. Kennedy’s Relations with France and Britain Re-examined
Published 2007-10-02The policies of John F. Kennedy have been assessed by historians chiefly as evidence of his “idealism” or “pragmatism”, ignoring the fundamental role of American nationalism in Kennedy’s ideas. A firm believer in the ...Open AccessThesis -
Mythos and Eros in Fin de Siecle Russia : Zinaida Gippius’ Sexual Revolution
Published 2007-03-01At the turn of the twentieth century, Russian writer Zinaida Gippius postulated a radical repudiation of the notions of biologically determined gender and sexuality. An active participant in the Russian religious renaissance ...Open AccessThesis -
Popular history and the desire for knowledge : an examination of James A. Michener’s The Source as a popular history of Israel
Published 2007-03-01This thesis explores the issues that arise when we consider James A. Michener’s number 1 best-seller The Source (1965) as a popular history of Israel. It examines the educational desires of middlebrow audiences that led ...Open AccessThesis