Expert Comment
Sophie Ahlemeyer, PhD researcher on endometriosis: believing women's pain
A PhD history researcher who has been studying the gender pain gap at The University of Warwick says her ambition is now to become a medical doctor, as she wants to play a role in believing women's endometriosis pain and being able to provide care.
Professor Christoph Mick on Holocaust Memorial Day
Professor Christoph Mick, from the Department of History at The University of Warwick, says, "The name Auschwitz stands for immeasurable suffering, for genocide and crimes against humanity committed by Nazi Germany. About one million Jews, 74,000 Poles, 21,000 Roma, 15,000 Soviet prisoners of war, and thousands of others targeted by the Nazis were murdered in the Auschwitz camp system."
Serin Quinn, Postgraduate Researcher on reports ‘Italian’ purees in UK supermarkets likely to contain Chinese forced-labour tomatoes
“The media report that "Italian" tomato purées are being made using Chinese forced-labour-grown tomatoes has rightly been a shock for English consumers. Unfortunately, exploitation has been shown to be a part of the Italian tomato industry. In recent years investigations have established that South Italian producers have been found to take advantage of migrant labourers – mainly from Africa and Eastern Europe – who are forced to work in conditions that have also been described as modern slavery."
What can history teach us about the current US election: Patterns, Predictions, and Lessons
Dr Rebecca Stone, Associate Professor of US Political History from The University of Warwick, said: "In every American election in history where the incumbent of the governing party has chosen not to run, the opposition has won. A more similar comparison, however, might be the election of 1856 – another era of extreme division in US history. The candidacy of incumbent President Franklin Pierce was rejected by his own party at the Convention, but their new nominee, James Buchanan, won comfortably that November."
April Jackson discusses Asante Gold
The Asante gold has deep cultural and political meaning, and the British looted them as a punitive act.