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May 2017
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Podcast: Studying Art and War

DEPARTMENT OF WAR STUDIES
About this episode
In this week’s episode, we’re bringing you a special feature with Dr Lola Frost speaking about the value of studying art in war studies. According to her, studying art is important in war studies because art can convey knowledge in a way that is not accessible to the social sciences. Dr Frost is an artist and a visiting research fellow in the Department o ... Show More
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