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EXPERT COMMENT:  Disunited States of America

EXPERT COMMENT: Disunited States of America

Northumbria University’s American Studies academics have been at the forefront of international commentary on the 2016 US election and Donald Trump’s rise to presidential office.

 EXPERT COMMENT: Three radical political experiments for a new age of extremes

EXPERT COMMENT: Three radical political experiments for a new age of extremes

Michael Patrick Cullinane, Reader in US History at Northumbria, writes about political extremes for The Conversation.
Historian Eric Hobsbawm famously called the 20th century an “age of extremes”, one characterised by polarising ideological battles fought in the name of nationalism. Whether fascism, communism, or Western capitalism, Hobsbawm related how these ideologies transformed the politica

 EXPERT COMMENT: Rogue One: a new front in long battle over the Star Wars brand

EXPERT COMMENT: Rogue One: a new front in long battle over the Star Wars brand

Andrew Ross, Graduate Tutor and Lecturer in Film at Northumbria University, writes about the release of highly anticipated Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
It was hoped that the release of Rogue One, the current offshoot from the Star Wars series, would cement the Star Wars franchise as being at the cutting edge of modern cinema. Promising a markedly different tone from the previous films

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