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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>History and contradictions: reflections after reading Hobsbawm</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[“For much of the greater part of the human past…it is assumed that it could tell us how society, any society should work. The past was the model for the present and the future,” writes Professor Eric Hobsbawm,1 perhaps one of the greatest historians of the 20th century. “(I)f the present was in some sense [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyworkroom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=646711&amp;post=32&amp;subd=historyworkroom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Non-fiction fiction</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where do we draw the line between fiction and non-fiction in books? How can writers marry history and fiction without compromising each genre or misleading readers? I recently read Margaret Forster’s Diary of An Ordinary Woman. The title is indeed tantilising. As the title suggests, the book is the “diary” of an English woman, Millicent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyworkroom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=646711&amp;post=30&amp;subd=historyworkroom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>E-Journal on Singapore studies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An e-journal aiming to open up perspectives and discourses on Singapore has recently made its home on the cyperspace. Titled s/pores the journal aims to &#8220;provide a much-needed multi-disciplinary platform for the dissemination of works investigating different aspects of historical and contemporary Singapore society&#8221;. The journal is managed by en &#8220;editorial collective&#8221; and welcomes contributions. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyworkroom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=646711&amp;post=29&amp;subd=historyworkroom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Historical Films</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jaime</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following conversation on historical film with our muse Cliopetra is inspired by the recent trend of historical films – &#8220;Miss Potter&#8221;, &#8220;Becoming Jane&#8221;, &#8220;300&#8243;, &#8220;Copying Beethoven&#8221; among others. Of course, this is not a new trend. Since the beginning of the movie industry, history has been a constant source of inspiration. Many of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyworkroom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=646711&amp;post=28&amp;subd=historyworkroom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book launch</title>
		<link>http://historyworkroom.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/book-launch-american-torture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night my friend Michael Otterman launched his book, American Torture: From the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and Beyond at Gleebooks, an intellectual institution in Sydney. I had the privilege of photographing the event. His is a timely publication that examines the history of America&#8217;s use of torture. While many of these techniques are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyworkroom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=646711&amp;post=25&amp;subd=historyworkroom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Samsui Girl</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happens when you pair a national icon with a young girl in the 21st century? With a grant for first time writers and illustrators from Singapore&#8217;s Media Development Authority, Stephanie wrote and illustrated the story of Amber, a cheeky Singapore girl who has a habit of putting her legs up on the chair. Her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=historyworkroom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=646711&amp;post=19&amp;subd=historyworkroom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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