A blog from Gale International
│By Megan Bowler, Gale Ambassador at the University of Liverpool│ This post explores how Gale’s Archives Unbound series can be used to help with the urgent and vital task of decolonising the curriculum. Archives Unbound includes twenty-one unique collections focused on African American history, as well as numerous other collections which document the lives and … Read more
│by Matthew Trenholm, Gale Ambassador at the University of Exeter│ Everyone loves a villain. From Robin Hood to the Peaky Blinders, criminality has long captured the imagination of the British public, with the misdeeds of the real outlaws often swept under the rug. (For an engaging piece about the historical accuracy of the TV show … Read more
By Phil Virta, Senior Acquisitions Editor at Gale Please be aware that this blog post contains content that may be offensive to some readers; the decision to read the post is at your own discretion. Mention the word ‘sex’ while you’re chatting with anyone and you’re likely to get a variety of responses from rational … Read more
By Tiria Barnes For this contribution to The Gale Review, I challenged myself to find the 10 most random sources I could in Gale Primary Sources. Armed with a cup of tea and the potential for banter I began to search, hoping to find some gems. I can safely say I was not disappointed!
|By Rory Herbert, Gale Ambassador at the University of Portsmouth| During the early 1980s, AIDS became an ever-growing concern in the minds of Americans, and brought to the fore the deep-seated tensions and homophobic tendencies that plagued the nation’s media and political institutes. Gale’s Archives of Sexuality and Gender provides access to a wealth of sources … Read more
By Anita Klich, Gale Ambassador at Portsmouth University, UK Women have been fighting for equality for decades; in the 1980s and ‘90s, there were many protests addressing the issue of inequality in the workplace and society overall. The Gale resource Archives of Sexuality & Gender provides students and scholars with documents to examine and critically … Read more