In 1741 the Norwegian-Danish author Ludvig Holberg published Klimii Iter Subterraneum, a satirical science-fiction/fantasy novel detailing the...
Month: March 2019
Medieval illuminated manuscript of the Qu’ran Professor David Watt asks us to look beyond recent events themselves...
The subtext is almost always that the Western paradigm of modernity. A single model of modernity? The...
Examining the centuries’-old sectarian Shia-Sunni divide. Tensions between Sunnis and Shias have been flaring up, with several...
Americans tend to prefer beers that have corn or rice ‘adjuncts,’ or fillers. RetroClipArt/Shutterstock.com The unique role of...
Archaic and classical Greek culture was steeped in spirit. Archaic and classical Greek culture was steeped in...
Warfare and terrorism have long laid waste to historical sites. Many of us may remember Syrian archaeologist...
The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy, by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1773) / National Gallery, Wikimedia Commons...
One reason why the steel magnate spent so much of his fortune building libraries across the nation...
Starting with the medieval poor/rich-topics in the Aquinian tradition of the theological economy of charity, following a...
Academic disciplines such as mathematics can contribute through community-led partnerships with Indigenous peoples. Public universities across Canada...
Indigenous people in Ecuador’s Amazonian region (the Oriente) lived outside of modern markets and political systems until...