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I am delighted that an article ‘Who to immortalise as a sculpture? The centenary of suffrage in Britain and competing narratives of women\u2019s emancipation’ by Julie Gottlieb (Professor of Modern British History, University of Sheffield); <\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Jacqui Turner (<\/a>Associate Professor of British Political History, <\/span>University of Reading) and <\/span>Clarisse Berthez\u00e8ne (<\/a>Professeure d’histoire britannique contemporaine, <\/span>Universit\u00e9 Paris Cit\u00e9 – LARCA) has been published in <\/span>issue 13 of the journal Pass\u00e9s Futurs<\/em>, which\u00a0 is now online and accessible at\u00a0https:\/\/www.politika.io\/fr\/revue-passes-futurs\/lincertain-statut-statues-constructions-deconstructions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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