EDITORIAL :: Lindsay Wong and Tori Waqanaceva-Simpson

EDITORIAL

Lindsay Wong and Tori Waqanaceva-Simpson

Creating the third edition of Chariot has been an incredibly rewarding experience despite the challenging conditions of 2020. We have had an extraordinary team of sub-editors who have gone above and beyond to work with a considerable number of student contributions this year. As editors, Lindsay and Tori have worked to expand Chariot’s online catalogue with students’ works frequently posted on the Chariot website. We couldn’t be prouder of the diverse range of essays and fictional work submitted, nine of which we have carefully selected to include in this year’s edition. We are also incredibly grateful for the guidance and support of our history discipline liaison Dr Carla Pascoe Leahy.

For this year’s edition, we have included a number of pieces which focus on primary source analysis, from Charlotte’s investigation of American sheet music during WWI to Olivia’s essay on the Burberry trench coat. We have also included topics which involve more recent history from Jacob’s look at rhetoric during the War on Terror to Daisy’s examination of statues and their relation to the Black Lives Matter movement. This year’s edition also features a work of historical fiction by James Robertson.

Looking forward to 2021, our goals for Chariot remain the same, but we also want to reach a wider audience and increase our platform. We want to continue to promote student contributions in diverse and underrepresented areas of history and encourage submissions of all kinds.