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(Fragment of a Late Roman slave sale contract (p.mich.inv.4907), University of Michigan) By James R. Burns, with thanks to Erin Thomas Dailey, Sheida Heydarishovir, Sofia...
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(James C. Scott, 1936–2024. Photo credit: Yale.) By James R. Burns Even if one accepts that the serf, the slave, and the untouchable will have...
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The new article in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (copyright: Cambridge University Press). By James Burns I have published an article in Transactions of...
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Photo credit: organisers of HistoryCon In this blog post, our researcher, James Burns, summarises a conference paper he gave on the importance and pleasure of...
