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The Conversation has published a range of content on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, from across our global academic network. A selection can be found below. In the hours and days to come we will of course carry many more articles on what her death means for the UK and the Commonwealth, and on the challenges that await King Charles III. Follow our extensive coverage here.
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Laura Clancy, Lancaster University
Britain has gone through unimaginable change culturally and politically during Elizabeth’s 70-year reign.
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Elizabeth II: Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.
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Sean Lang, Anglia Ruskin University
Elizabeth II was a safe pair of hands for the British monarchy in a turbulent and changing era.
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Sarah Wayland, University of New England
Grieving the queen’s passing can be different to grieving the loss of someone we were close to. It’s also complicated by politics, colonialism and the contest about who she really was.
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Thomas Klassen, York University, Canada
Queen Elizabeth harnessed goodwill from Canadians mostly as an individual, rather than as the hereditary head of an institution. But her death will lead to debate about the relevance of the monarchy.
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Giselle Bastin, Flinders University
The queen’s visits to Australia from 1954 to 2011 offer a snapshot of the changing relationship Australians have had with their sovereign and with the monarchy.
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Anne Twomey, University of Sydney
Legally, there does not need to be anything done in Australia to result in the change from queen to king. That happens automatically.
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Katie Pickles, University of Canterbury
Over the 70 years of her reign, Queen Elizabeth II has been part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s living history, touching everything from the role of women to the Treaty of Waitangi.
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