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Parliamentary History Journal

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We publish peer-reviewed research covering the history of parliamentary institutions in Britain and Ireland from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century, and the legislatures of British colonies before independence.

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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Are you an early career researcher with an interest in parliamentary history? We are inviting submissions of 10,000 words, including references, for our annual essay prize, worth £500. The deadline is 30 Nov. 2026. More details here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1750...
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The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In 1725 the Order of the Bath was revived, usually thought of as a cynical ploy by Walpole to help him to buy off supporters with a relatively cheap gong. As Andrew Hanham has shown in @parlhistjournal.bsky.social, though, the reality was rather more complex: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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The Politics of Chivalry: Sir Robert Walpole, the Duke of Montagu and the Order of the Bath<link href='#parh12236-note-0001'></link>
This article explores the complex circumstances surrounding the foundation of the order of the Bath in 1725, and seeks to correct the commonly-held view that it was initiated by Walpole simply to aug...
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Richard Carr @richardcarr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is a really interesting piece and brilliantly revises what we often assume about a - the? - crucial parliamentary debate in twentieth century British politics
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In our final article of this edition, Elizabeth Hallam Smith explores the sitting places, traditions, and symbolism of Parliament between the destruction of the House of Commons in the Blitz until its restoration in 1950. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
In this free to read article, Stuart Ball makes a significant contribution to the historiography of the famous Norway Debate of May 1940 by analysing those Conservative MPs who rebelled to bring down Neville Chamberlain. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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The Rebel MPs in the ‘Norway Debate’ Division of 8 May 1940
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
In this #OpenAccess article, Robert O'Kell of @umanitoba.bsky.social explores the Royal Titles Bill of 1876. O'Kell argues that that the bill roused William Gladstone out of retirement and reignited his decades-long rivalry with Benjamin Disraeli: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Disraeli, Gladstone, and the Royal Titles Bill, 1876: Part 1
The Royal Titles Bill (1876) proved to be contentious because it raised fraught issues of royal prerogative, constitutional legality, political perspective, parliamentary strategy, journalistic pract...
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
David Pennington questions the revisionist argument that the pre-Civil War House of Commons practised 'consensual' politics. Procedural manuals, journals and diaries are used to analyse all divisions from 1552 to 1628. It can currently be read free here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Divisions, Majority Rule and Political Culture in the Tudor and Early Stuart House of Commons*
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Our latest issue features an article by @histparl.bsky.social’s S.J. Payling on social mobility and the impact on county representative identities in the reign of Henry VI. You can read it for free here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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A Fluid Elite? Social Mobility and County Representation in the Reign of Henry VI*
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Don't forget to check out our special issue, edited by Naomi Lloyd-Jones of @victoriancommons.bsky.social, while it is free to read until the end of June. Meanwhile, we will continue to post about the wonderful articles from our current issue over the next few weeks.
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Our editor's choice article for our current issue is by Gunilla Carlander Reuterfelt, formerly of @eduskunta.fi. The article explores the exchange of parliamentary delegations between Finland and the United Kingdom during the Cold War: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Finland and the United Kingdom – Parliamentary Contacts during the Cold War*
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
We are delighted to publish our latest issue with a number of Open and Free Access articles from leading scholars, covering topics as diverse as social mobility in the reign of Henry VI, the 1876 Royal Titles Bill, and the May 1940 Norway Debate. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17500206...
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Parliamentary History: Vol 45, No 2
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
As a new session of @ukparliament.parliament.uk is opened today, why not take a look at some of our articles examining the pageantry, ritual and politics of this ancient ceremony 🧵1/5
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Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Great excitement in the #HistParl office as our research fellow Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones gets her hands on a print copy of her special issue of Parliamentary History. It's currently free to access online here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17500206...
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The afterword complements Naomi Lloyd-Jones's introduction. Together the pieces suggest how the recent revival in 19th-century political history can be sustained and taken in new directions. Lloyd-Jones's introduction can be read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Introduction: Political Organising, Practical Politics and Histories of Politics in the Long 19th Century*
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
@richardhuzzey.bsky.social and @katrinanavickas.bsky.social offer some suggestions about how historians can reinvigorate and realign the study of politics at all levels in Britain and Ireland in the long nineteenth century. Read their #OpenAcess article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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From Repertoires to Recipes: Rethinking Political Organisation in the Long 19th Century*
This article examines approaches to the history of 19th-century politics in Britain and Ireland in order to propose fruitful directions for further debate. It argues that historians should return to ...
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
In this free to read article, Erin Geraghty analyses English women’s interventions in the Irish suffrage movement and how far it helped or was a hindrance. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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English Feminists, Imperialism and the Politics of Organisation in the Irish Suffrage Movement, 1900–14*
This article explores how English women's intervention in the Irish suffrage movement was both a help and a hindrance to Irish women. On the one hand, it caused political animosity and division, beca...
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
In this free to read article, @lauracforster.bsky.social explores socialist political lecture tours in the late 19th century and how these produced everyday, intimate experiences that could powerfully embody socialist ideas for new audiences. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Travelling Activists, Radical Hospitality and the Intimate History of Socialist Organising in Britain, c.1880–1914*
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
@kathrynrix.bsky.social examines the professional constituency agents of the Liberal and Conservative Parties between elections in English constituencies between 1880 and 1914. The article can currently be read for free here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Living Politics: The Professional Agents and Party Organisation, 1880–1914*
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Graeme Morton’s article uses the 1854 Edinburgh Pollbook and organisational subscription lists to demonstrate how Conservative political hegemony was channelled through civil society. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The Conservative Hold over Scottish Civil Society: Evidence from the 1854 Edinburgh Pollbook*
As a carrier of influence and governance that stands distinct from parliamentary and municipal representation, civil society has been ascribed a particular layer of criticality in the Scottish exampl...
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Caitlin Kitchener approaches the practice of political decision-making from an historical archaeological perspective. Using St Peter’s Field as a case study, the article views landscape as an ‘active organising agent’. Read the article for free here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Political Palimpsests: Landscape as an Organising Agent in 19th‐Century Radicalism*
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
In this Open Access article, @drdavesteele.bsky.social explores bodily and sensory experiences in the crowds formed by the reform movement from 1816-1848, offering new perspectives on the lived experience of popular politics and the mass platform. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The Somatic Crowd: The Bodily and Sensory Experience of Reform Crowds in Britain, c.1816–48*
This article considers the roles that the body and the senses played in shaping the dynamics of 19th-century reform crowds in Britain. Acoustics, terrain, timing, weather and corporeal issues of hung...
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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
We're so excited to say that all articles in @parlhistjournal.bsky.social's 2026 Special Issue, edited by #HistParl's Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones, are available to read for free! Click below to read the issue, titled 'The Politics of Organising in the Long 19th Century'.
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
In her article for our 2026 special issue, Mary O'Connor explores the concept of 'forum selection' when organising political meetings during the 1820s campaign against the corn laws in London and Lancashire. The article can currently be read for free here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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How to Organise in the 1820s: Forum Selection and the Anti‐Corn Law Campaign in London and Lancashire*
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Isaiah Silvers's (@durhamhistory.bsky.social) article on associational politics in Barbados during the early nineteenth century is currently free to read online! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Voluntarism and Political Conflict in Barbados, 1814–33*
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
In his #OpenAcess article for our 2026 special issue, @henryjmiller.bsky.social explores petitions and the material culture of political organisation: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Petitions and the Material Culture of Political Organisation*
This article examines surviving manuscript petitions to reveal the material culture of political organisation. Conceptually, the article frames the material culture of petitions and the practices ass....
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
You can read the introduction of our guest editor Naomi Lloyd-Jones (@histparl.bsky.social @victoriancommons.bsky.social) to our 2026 special issue here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Introduction: Political Organising, Practical Politics and Histories of Politics in the Long 19th Century*
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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The latest issue of @parlhistjournal.bsky.social explores the practices and organisation of politics in the long 19th century. Edited by #HistParl's Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones, this special issue can be accessed now:
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Special Issue: The Politics of Organising in the Long 19th Century
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Dr Kathryn Rix @kathrynrix.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I love the cover image for this special issue (which I may have had a hand in choosing). It shows 11 survivors of Peterloo assembled at Failsworth near Oldham in 1884 in support of parliamentary reform, and speaks to many of the themes contained in the special issue.
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The 2026 special issue, edited by Naomi Lloyd-Jones is now live! The issue is the product of a 2023 conference at @durhamhistory.bsky.social discussing collective action and the politics of organisation in Britain and Ireland in the long nineteenth-century: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1750...
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Parliamentary History is delighted to join LinkedIn! Check out our page and give us a follow. Details of our upcoming special issue will be posted on our platforms very soon! www.linkedin.com/company/parl...
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
With the Gorton and Denton by-election coming up, it seemed a good time to share some of the articles we’ve published on by-elections over the years!
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The Trustees and editors of Parliamentary History are delighted to announce that the essay prize for 2025 has been awarded to Peter Keeling (linktr.ee/peterkeeling) for: ‘Non-simultaneous polling in United Kingdom general elections, 1885-1918' 🧵1/6
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Victorian Commons @victoriancommons.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Great to see our colleague @martinspychal.bsky.social's book Mapping the State reviewed by Matthew Roberts as 'a work of impressive scholarship which deserves to be widely read'. Mapping the State is available on Open Access here: uolpress.co.uk/book/mapping...
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Mapping the State - University of London Press
The 1832 Reform Act was a landmark moment in the development of modern British politics. By overhauling the country’s ancient representative system, the legislation reshaped constitutional arrangement...
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Apologies for the delay, but we’re delighted to see our latest issue out in the wild! There are plenty of fascinating articles to get your teeth into, but we’re especially excited by the number from early career historians! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSea...
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Dr Kathryn Rix @kathrynrix.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Great to see this excellent article and well-deserved proxime accessit for the Parliamentary History prize 2024 in print! Especially brilliant is the new source describing women's experiences of the 'ventilator' in the Commons.
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Sarah Moxey @samoxey.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
My article on the Motherwell by-election is now available to read in @parlhistjournal.bsky.social It explores the reasons for Dr. Robert McIntyre's victory and how he became embroiled in a sponsorship saga.
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Apologies for the delay, but we’re delighted to see our latest issue out in the wild! There are plenty of fascinating articles to get your teeth into, but we’re especially excited by the number from early career historians! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSea...
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Apologies for the delay, but we’re delighted to see our latest issue out in the wild! There are plenty of fascinating articles to get your teeth into, but we’re especially excited by the number from early career historians! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSea...
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Dr Marc Collinson @marccollinson.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Really enjoyed writing this reflection on the Ilford North contest, which has been considered an important 'stepping-stone' to the 1979 victory. I argue here that the by-election was simply a return to the Conservative column of a formerly safe seat. Read more here:
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
And, as it’s Budget week, we have a whole host of articles on all things budgets, tax, and government finance:
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Just two days to go!
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
#OTD in 1990, Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister. Naturally, we have published many articles on this period, here are just a few:
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
#OTD 6 Nov. 1707 Queen Anne delivered the speech from the throne to the first Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. D. W. Hayton of @qubhistory.bsky.social explores Scottish representation in the first British House of Commons here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Adjustment and Integration: The Scottish Representation in the British House of Commons, 1707–14*
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The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
We're going to be raising a glass to John Wilkes on his 300th birthday at 17:57. Do join us, and share a toast to Wilkes and Liberty! #HistParl
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Today is the 300th birthday of the 18th century radical John Wilkes. We are making 3 articles from our journal about Wilkes #OpenAcess for the next two months. Peter D.G. Thomas explores the aftermath of Wilkes's election as the MP for Middlesex in 1768: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The House of Commons and the Middlesex Elections of 1768–1769
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The latest edition of Parliamentary History will be landing through our subscriber’s letterboxes in the next few weeks! Please do subscribe to get access to these and the many fascinating articles in our archives.
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Other fascinating articles to get stuck into include: Samuel Lane on ‘Episcopal Attendance at the Parliaments of Edward III’ Alex Beeton on ‘Private sollicitations’: Educational Reform and the Long Parliament, 1642–53
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
We’re delighted that @jamesepeate.bsky.social is one of the early career contributors to the next edition of Parliamentary History on ‘Rough Work on the Hustings’: Sheridan, Cobbett, and Newspapers in the General Election of 1806. Subscribe here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1750...
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
You’ll have plenty of articles to tuck into, with fascinating and original subjects including educational reform during the Long Parliament, ‘Constitutional Alienation’ during the 1911-14 Ulster Crisis, and the 1945 Motherwell by-election.
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Parliamentary History Journal @parlhistjournal.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Next month’s edition of Parliamentary History will be the first mostly composed of articles by doctoral and early career scholars, with four drawn from winning entries to our annual essay prize. There’s still plenty of time to enter this year’s competition: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1750...
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