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Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute presents Behind the Headlines: History, Hope, and the Political Speechâ on Monday, March 1.
What makes a political speech? From Aristotle to Hannah Arendt, philosophers have seen the arts of rhetoric and oratory as essential to the proper functioning of the public sphere.Â
Some speeches, like Martin Luther Kingâs 1963 dream vision or Greta Thunbergâs 2019 âHow dare you?â address have defined a generation. Others have embedded lasting images, metaphors, and poetic borrowings â âthe iron curtainâ, ârivers of bloodâ, âwhen hope and history rhymeâ â in the public imagination.
In Ireland, powerful speeches have patterned our history, from Robert Emmetâs 1803 declamation from the dock to Mary Robinsonâs 1990 presidential acceptance speech, that heralded the women of Ireland for rocking the system instead of rocking the cradle.
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From A to Z: New volume examines animals’ role in British Empire, racial politics
“Animalia: An Anti-Imperial Bestiary for Our Times,” co-edited by Illinois history professor Antoinette Burton, examines the roles that animals played in the British Empire – both in advancing and in disrupting British imperial power.
This image from the Second Anglo-Afghan War shows John Bull trying to stamp on scorpions that are half insect and half Afghan tribal fighter. The cartoon reflects “the challenges that the colonial creature world posed to British imperial ambition,” Burton wrote.
“Stamping It Out,” by John Gordon Thomson. From Fun, Aug. 11, 1880. Courtesy of Bodleian Library.
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IMAGE: The British Lion s Vengeance on the Bengal Tiger, by John Tenniel, was published during the Indian Mutiny, when India rebelled against British rule. From Punch, Aug. 22, 1857. view more
Credit: Courtesy Antoinette Burton
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Animals played a central role in the British Empire. Sources of food and labor, animals symbolized the power of the empire. They also hindered the efforts of the British to control colonized lands, and they destroyed ecosystems.
A new book examines their relationships with imperial authorities and colonists through essays about 26 animals - one for each letter of the alphabet, from Ape and Boar to Yak and Zebu - and how those human-animal relationships reflect on the empire s presumption of racial supremacy. Animalia: An Anti-Imperial Bestiary for Our Times was co-edited by Antoinette Burton, the director of the Humanities Research Institute and a history professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.