A historiographical look at the creation of Israel (Year 12 History)
Useful resources and some of the historians mentioned in this episode:
United Nations. “History of the Question of Palestine.” United Nations, Question of Palestine.
United Nations. “About the Nakba.” United Nations, Question of Palestine.
United Nations General Assembly. Resolution 181 (II): Future Government of Palestine, 29 November 1947.
United Nations General Assembly. Resolution 194 (III): Palestine—Progress Report of the United Nations Mediator, 11 December 1948.
British Government. The Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917.
British Government. Palestine White Paper, 1939.
Flapan, Simha. The Birth of Israel: Myths and Realities. London: Croom Helm, 1987.
Gelber, Yoav. Palestine 1948: War, Escape and the Emergence of the Palestinian Refugee Problem. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2001.
Herzl, Theodor. The Jewish State. 1896.
Khalidi, Rashid. The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood. Boston: Beacon Press, 2006.
30 Sept 2026
The role of "socialism with Chinese characteristics" on the rise of Deng Xiaoping (Year 12 History)
A brief discussion of the syllabus point about socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Historians mentioned in the podcast:
Deng Xiaoping, “Emancipate the Mind, Seek Truth from Facts and Unite as One in Looking to the Future” (speech, 13 December 1978)
Vogel, Ezra F. Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China. Harvard University Press, 2011.read.dukeupress+1
MacFarquhar, Roderick, and Michael Schoenhals. Mao’s Last Revolution. Harvard University Press, 2006.reviews.history.ac+1
Goodman, David S. G. Deng Xiaoping and the Chinese Revolution: A Political Biography. Routledge, 1994.oxfordbibliographies+3
O’Halloran, Louis. “Deng Xiaoping and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: a Capitalist Revolution?” The Manchester Historian, 2020.
30 Sept 2026
Mao's Cult of Personality and Socialist Education Movement (Year 12 History)
A brief discussion of Mao's use of the cult of personality and the SEM
Historians discussed in the podcast:
MacFarquhar, R. The Origins of the Cultural Revolution.
MacFarquhar, R. & Schoenhals, M. Mao’s Last Revolution.
Meisner, M. Mao’s China and After.
Walder, A. Fractured Rebellion.
Teiwes, F. & Sun, W. The Tragedy of Lin Biao.
Chang, J. & Halliday, J. Mao: The Unknown Story.
Perry, E. Anyuan: Mining China’s Revolutionary Tradition.
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