Jodie Collins‘The Heinous Sin of Self-Pollution’: Masturbation and Medicine in Victorian BritainBefore the 1700s, masturbation had been condemned on specifically religious grounds. It was considered sinful because it ‘denied the…Aug 8, 2022Aug 8, 2022
Jodie CollinsThe Soviet Purges in a Global ContextHow much did the international situation influence the unfolding of the ‘Great Terror’?Aug 8, 2022Aug 8, 2022
Jodie CollinsDid the ‘Great Terror’ in the Soviet Union reflect the ‘Self-Destruction of the Bolsheviks’?In The Road to Terror, published in 1999 by leading Soviet historian J. Arch Getty, one of the fundamental arguments made is that the Great…Aug 8, 2022Aug 8, 2022
Jodie CollinsWhy was the British slave trade abolished in 1807?On 25th March 1807 the Slavery Abolition Act was passed in Parliament, ending the legal trade in slaves throughout the British Empire. Only…Aug 8, 2022Aug 8, 2022
Jodie CollinsIn Defence of Eric Williams’ Capitalism & Slavery: The Transition from Indentured Servitude to…Before the widespread use of slavery in mainland America and the British West Indies, the predominant form of labour was that of white…Aug 8, 2022Aug 8, 2022
Jodie Collins‘Conditions analogous to slavery’: Workers in the British West Indies after emancipationAlthough the slave trade had been abolished throughout the British Empire in 1807, it would not be until 1833 that the Slavery Abolition…Aug 8, 2022Aug 8, 2022
Jodie CollinsWas Franco a Fascist?To what extent did Franco impose a ‘Fascist’ state and identity on Spain?Aug 8, 2022Aug 8, 2022
Jodie CollinsFrom Colonialism to Charity: Britain’s Changing Role in the Decline of EmpireTo what extent did early development work and international charity campaigns mark a shift in thinking about Britain’s relationship to the…Aug 5, 2022Aug 5, 2022
Jodie CollinsClass and Shell Shock in the First World WarHow did class influence the diagnosis and treatment of shell-shock in Britain during the First World War?Aug 5, 2022Aug 5, 2022
Jodie CollinsWinston Churchill and the Rise of Bolshevism 1917–1927The period 1917 to 1927 was one of significant social and political upheaval and revolution across the world, but nowhere so much as in…Dec 10, 2019Dec 10, 2019
