Eastern and Western, feminine and masculine, motherly yet ready for war, the sculpture holds a multitude of...
Month: March 2019
An overview of the “new immigration” that originated from Southern and Eastern Europe and American responses to...
The appearance of The New Game of Human Life on 14 July 1790 was a significant milestone...
Players moving pieces along a track to be first to reach a goal was the archetypal board...
Medieval Indian history went for almost three whole centuries under the so-called indigenous rulers. 9th Century to...
India’s history and culture is dynamic, spanning back to the beginning of human civilization. Introduction The history...
Vampire fiction as class allegory predates Dracula. In May 1897 Constable and Co published a limited print...
January marked the 100th anniversary of Dáil Éireann, Ireland’s Parliament. This month marks the 100th anniversary of...
The turmoil of the English Civil War in the 1640s and 1650s generated political and institutional upheaval,...
Their original name came from their belief in economic equality. Introduction The Diggers were a group of Protestant radicals in England,...
The Herodian dynasty is named after Herod the Great, who was recognized as king of the Jews...
Israel was a regional superpower, but unable to retain its independence in the face of Assyrian imperialism....
Slavery, long banned and universally condemned, persists in many corners of the world, victimizing tens of millions...
A utilitarian machine with a suicidal ghost inside. J S Mill (1873) by George Frederick Watts /...
By Dr. Christina Starmans / 01.06.2017 Postdoctoral Associate in Psychology Yale University When was the last time...
South-side portal (detail), Church of Ste. Pierre, 1115-1130, Moissac, France (photo: Simon, Creative Commons) By Dr. Shannon Pritchard...
Cloister, Fontenay Abbey, 12th century By Christine M. Bolli / 08.08.2015 PhD Candidate in Art History University of California,...
Roman religion and tolerance for others drastically began to change following the Edict of Milan. Introduction Constantinian...
Balances of power and ambitious pursuits. Introduction A triumviratus is literally a college of three men. In the ancient...
Exploring relationships between neoliberal restructuring and changes in inter-generational relations. Abstract Through an ethnographic case-study of a...
Was the den mother of modernism a fascist? Why were so many prominent modernist writers and philosophers...
She was a famous activist in her day, arguably the most famous in the world. What is...
To circumscribe the Reformation solely within the sphere of theological disputation is to mask the complexity of...
The Church dominated the culture and society of Medieval Europe so powerfully that its people thought of...
A study investigate how Phoenicians integrated with the Sardinian communities they settled. By Tessa Gregory The Phoenicians...
Phoenician is a Canaanite language closely related to Hebrew. Introduction Very little is known about the Canaanite...
Traveling to Paris for a divorce became all the rage in the early 1920s. It was one...
The presence of Americans in Paris stretches back to the days of the American Revolution. For many...
It was 100 years ago this month that Benito Mussolini created the fascist party in Italy. Today,...
Captain Ching Shih stares death in the face, as she has done many times in her life....