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Scandalisation, gender and space in ancient Rome: The case of Cicero and Clodia

Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 5-20, March 2026.
Abstract This article analyses the public attack on Clodia Metelli, a Roman aristocratic woman, by the orator Marcus Tullius Cicero in a trial in 56 BCE. Drawing on modern scandal theory, this article analyses how Cicero uses scandal dynamics to turn Clodia, the witness in the case, into the culprit.
Muriel Moser
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Churchill and Spain: More Sancho than Quixote?

History, Volume 111, Issue 395, Page 217-236, March 2026.
Abstract This article offers a detailed analysis of Winston Churchill's relationship with Spain over the course of his long and eventful political and personal life. The article focuses on three key episodes: Churchill's ambivalent stance during the Spanish Civil War; his leadership and policy towards Spain during the crucial years of the Second World ...
EMILIO SÁENZ‐FRANCÉS
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Why Retiring Public Theology Is Not A Good Idea. An Intervention from German‐Speaking Public Theology

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 19-33, January 2026.
Abstract While no longer exactly a theological youngster, Public Theology (‘Öffentliche Theologie’) is not ready to retire. Focusing on the particular German‐speaking context, this contribution makes a case for the importance of continuing the conversation with Public Theology, seeking to alleviate misunderstandings between the different conversation ...
Christine Schliesser
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Parents information behavior: Typology of vaccine attitudes in the context of information source use

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 13, Page 1831-1850, 15 December 2025.
Abstract Although some studies indicate that vaccine risks are not a major public concern, vaccine hesitancy is nevertheless increasing. The “cure” is not simply higher information‐literacy levels; many investigations emphasize that information must come from sources people trust.
Anna Mierzecka, Marcin Łączyński
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Constructing the “moralization shock”: The role of contingency in the translation of anticorruption policy in France

European Policy Analysis, Volume 11, Issue 4, Page 475-492, Fall 2025.
Abstract This article applies the concept of transaction to the process of policy transfer, through the case of conflict of interest regulation in France, using archives, documentary sources, and interviews with stakeholders. It contributes to the literature on policy translation by clarifying the role of contingency, which remains underspecified.
Sofia Wickberg
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The Deconversion of Harriet Martineau: An Emotional History of Unbelief

Journal of Religious History, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 455-476, December 2025.
Conceptualising the ‘Victorian crisis of faith’ as a phenomenon fuelled by wider intellectual forces can only take us so far in our understanding of it. The loss of faith of many contemporaries did not merely entail an intellectual volte‐face, but also an affective impact. Scholarly accounts have been primarily written by privileging the role of ideas,
Petros Spanou
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Transatlantic Anti‐Catholic Networks, Bibles and School Disputes in the Nineteenth Century

Journal of Religious History, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 520-536, December 2025.
In the later nineteenth century, British, Canadian and American Evangelicals set up transatlantic religious networks to fight the Catholic Church and to affirm their Protestant Anglophone identities. Accordingly, Evangelical militants perceived their struggle as being transnational despite the diametrically different State–Church relationship contexts ...
Geraldine Vaughan
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The Literary Court: Reading Queen Charlotte

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 509-524, December 2025.
Abstract This article investigates the literary culture revolving around Queen Charlotte (1744–1818) between 1761 and 1818. The Queen's library, sold after her death in 1818, contained more than 4500 volumes, and the sales catalogue (1819) offers a fascinating glimpse into her collecting habits and reading interests. This article uses the catalogue, as
Mascha Hansen
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TOWARD A CONJECTURAL HISTORY OF CONJECTURAL HISTORIES

History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 56-74, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Most intellectual historians use the term “conjectural history” to designate a new form of speculative history created in eighteenth‐century Scotland by Adam Smith and a few others. These writers traced the development of human society and culture through conjectural reasoning based on philosophers’ views about human nature and travelers ...
ANTHONY GRAFTON
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HISTORY AND THEORY AND PHILOLOGY NOW: TOGETHER IN THEORY

History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 12-29, December 2025.
ABSTRACT In English‐speaking academe, philology has virtually disappeared as a defined discipline, although its traditional array of skills and techniques for reading, editing, and interpreting texts are indispensable to fields ranging from biblical studies through every language and literature and are central to historical research. Philology's status
Nancy Partner
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