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Attila Invictus

In the eighth instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes the Huns’ increasingly violent incursions into the Eastern half of the Roman Empire.

Herbert Bushman

8 Mar 2024 · 19 min read

Detail from Attila and his Hordes Overrun Italy and the Arts, by French artist Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863).

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Podcast #264: A Theory of Everyone

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Our experience of the world is increasingly mediated by digital technology. This is stripping us of our sense that the physical landscape is infused with meaning.

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Palestinians’ history, culture, and connection to the land are valid in their own right. We don’t need to appropriate or falsify Jewish history.

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Identity and Conflicts of Interest

It is always the lecturer’s responsibility to ensure that students know that they can speak freely.

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