{"id":344,"date":"2018-10-17T12:22:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T11:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/?page_id=344"},"modified":"2018-10-17T12:22:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T11:22:12","slug":"dominic-gibson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/biogs\/dominic-gibson\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominic Gibson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-346 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2018\/10\/Dominic-Gv2-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2018\/10\/Dominic-Gv2-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/files\/2018\/10\/Dominic-Gv2.jpg 358w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/>I\u2019m currently studying History BA at the University of Kent. Getting involved in the Age of Revolutions project in first year I\u2019m now entering second year with a specific interest in Tsarist Russian and African history, especially the impact of slavery.<\/p>\n<p>Traveling to Waterloo with the Age of Revolutions was a great opportunity to view the a vital location in the history of Europe and to gain a better understanding of what was fought for and the role of the battle in the wider diplomacy of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the trip to Waterloo I have had the pleasure of meeting with historians in effort to create podcasts for the project. Thus far I have spoken with Nick Draper, a lecturer with UCL who has done amazing work in creating a map of slave owners in Britain, I have also spoken with Richard Huzzey a lecturer at Durham University who has written extensively on the anti-slavery movement in Victorian Britain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m currently studying History BA at the University of Kent. Getting involved in the Age of Revolutions project in first year I\u2019m now entering second year with a specific interest in Tsarist Russian and African history, especially the impact of slavery. Traveling to Waterloo with the Age of Revolutions was a great opportunity to view &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/biogs\/dominic-gibson\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dominic Gibson<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51227,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions\/347"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/ageofrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}