Expert opinions cover the Reformation Emily Bronts Heathcliff and Trumps media tactics

Dr Angus Cameron from our School of Business has written an article for The Conversation discussing Jakob Fugger, the man who underwrote the ambition of power-hungry medieval Princes.

• Read the full article 'The man who gave us the Reformation – and it wasn’t Martin Luther' hosted on Think: Leicester here

In an article for The Conversation, Dr Corinne Fowler from our School of Arts has discussed how the evidence points to Brontё's most famous outcast being a product of the British slave trade.

• Read the full article 'Was Emily Brontё’s Heathcliff black?' hosted on Think: Leicester here

A demagogue playing the media to legitimise extreme movements and radical right-wing causes? The US has been here before, says PhD student Scott Weightman from our School of History, Politics and International Relations.

• Read the full article 'Trump’s media tactics echo segregationist strategies in civil rights era'

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