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New Jerusalem

The CHR is pleased to invite you to the opening of ‘New Jerusalem’, an exhibition of photographic work by the Visual History class of 2017.

Date: 26 September 2017
Time: 4pm
Venue: Room 2, Centre for Humanities Research

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