Modern History Theses: Recent submissions
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Revolutionäre Hofgänger? Sozialdemokratie und die Monarchien im Wilhelminischen Kaiserreich (1890-1914)
(2024-12-04) - ThesisThis thesis examines the relationship between Social Democracy and monarchies in Imperial Germany from 1890 to 1914. For the bulk of the history of the Empire, this was described as antagonistic. On the one hand, the ... -
Punk and Situationism in Britain : investigating the ‘secret history’ of punk
(2024-12-04) - ThesisGreil Marcus’s 1989 book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century argued that punk was a response to the ‘cultural impulse’ produced by Dadaism, Surrealism, and Situationism. This thesis investigates the role ... -
German-speaking émigrés, art, and modernism in twentieth-century Britain
(2024-12-04) - ThesisThis thesis examines the careers of the German-speaking artists who arrived in Britain in the 1930s, after the rise of National Socialism led to them leaving central Europe. It explores this diaspora through the experiences ... -
The book of the disabled courtier : neurodiverse court fools and bodilydiverse court wonders at the English Tudor, Scottish Stewart and British Stuart royal courts 1485-1649
(2024-12-04) - ThesisThis thesis investigates the importance of neurodiverse court fools and bodilydiverse court dwarfs and giant porters at the English, Scottish and British royal courts and in society between 1485-1649 using a comparative ... -
A cultural history of deindustrialisation : Central Fife, 1930s–1990s
(2024-12-04) - ThesisThis thesis offers a new interpretation of how industrial communities changed between the 1930s and 1990s. Focussing on the former industrial area of Central Fife, Scotland, the thesis de-centres changes in productive ...