historian
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Dr Eleanor Barnett, a food historian at Cardiff University, said the survey results were about "convenience" for people and that takeaways had historically been a "social way of eating".
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
My job as a historian, regardless of the topic, is to denaturalize what we take for granted.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
“We’re re-emerging in this kind of new bearded age,” said Sean Trainor, a facial-hair historian whose dissertation “Groomed for Power” examined the underpinnings of the golden age of political beards in the 19th century.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The irony is dark, but as historian Rick Perlstein has sharply argued, it is really not that surprising.
From Salon • May 26, 2026
"People discussed, disputed, and imagined alternative political and economic orders," wrote the historian Melvyn Leffler.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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