Next, we have a new book review by Rajib Roson Ghosal on Leslie K. Arnovick's Verbal Medicines: The Curative Power of Prayer and Invocation in Early English Charms. midlandshistoricalreview.com/book-review-...

First up, we have Viola Nassi's Spotlight article on #InternationalWomensDay in Mexico and the role of women organising and protesting in the face of brutal attempts by the police to crack down on marches.

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It's a new week and another busy Monday morning for the MHR journal. We have a new Spotlight article and a book review to liven up the start of your week.

Next, we have a review by Tiago Lapa on Philip Seib's Information at War: Journalism, Disinformation, and Modern Warfare (2021).

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First up, we have an article by Rebecca Ng on how Enlightenment ideas on reason and human rationality would shape thought on disability, looking, in particular, at the work of Erasmus Darwin.

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MHR has the solution for warding off any lingering Monday morning blues with two new reads hot off the press to start your week off.

In our latest Spotlight piece, Thomas Wood looks back at the history of the thirteen popes called Leo preceding the current Pope Leo XIV.

Some were good, some were great, some were saints and some are probably best forgotten about...

www.midlandshistoricalreview.com/a-brief-hist...

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The MHR is running our very first conference on Friday 20 June 2025.

The conference will be on the topic of 'Re-viewing' and 're-searching' the past. We are looking for papers from postgrads from the midlands and beyond, all disciplines welcome.

Call for paper deadline: 4 April. Please share!

The Midlands Historical Review are always on the look out for academic papers, especially from postgrad students, to publish in our journal.

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