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Children’s Culture and Citizenship in Argentina. A History of Billiken Magazine (1919-2019): Professor Lauren Rea MBE

Professor Lauren Rea MBE's "Children’s Culture and Citizenship in Argentina. A History of Billiken Magazine (1919-2019)" has been published by White Rose University Press.
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It’s All a Show: Fairground Showmen, Identity and Mental Health Exhibition is Awarded a £10,000 Grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

The National Fairground and Circus Archive (NFCA), has been awarded a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to develop an exhibition entitled ‘It’s All a Show: Fairground Showmen, Identity and Mental Health’.
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Basic English for Teaching Korean - a new open textbook

We are pleased to announce the publication of this new open textbook written by Dr Kyuin Kim Teaching Associate in the School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield and Sehee Park from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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