America’s first female soldiers belonged to a compact branch of the army known as the Signal Corps....
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So-called childless women like Davis have shown that they have a stake in children’s welfare, women’s welfare...
Civilizations rose to remarkable heights of density and urbanization, yet they did so within limits that could...
Birth rates in the medieval world illuminate the precarious balance of life before modern medicine. Fertility was...
While political discourse often collapses “religion” into opposition, the historical record shows a deep and continuous current...
Few Native Americans are celebrating the centennial of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924. American citizenship was...
Dogs appeared several times during testimonies. By Dr. Bridget MarshallProfessor of EnglishUMass Lowell Introduction I teach a course...
From Rome’s public boards to Egypt’s buried jars, from ostraka to forbidden books, lists were instruments of...
The fascination with hidden rosters today, whether in politics, finance, or scandal, reflects the same ancient anxiety....
Lives were destroyed not by trials alone but by the mere act of being named. The list...
The assassination attempt triggered a wave of popular support for Mussolini, resulting in the passage of pro-Fascist...
21 leading Robespierrists were guillotined without trial in Paris. Introduction The fall of Maximilien Robespierre, or the...
By equating political opposition with existential threat, leaders constructed a framework in which violence became inevitable. The...
The Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction was more than a vigilante group. It was a cultural movement...
The story of the Blackshirts and Brownshirts is not merely about uniforms and marches. It is about...
What “dance” meant in the Byzantine context is not always clear. By Dr. Leslie BrubakerProfessor Emerita of...
Dance was thus one of many behaviours used in a constant renegotiation of where everyone stood in...
At long last, the archaeologists could confirm that the pharaoh was still inside the tomb and that...
A Black cowboy, George McJunkin, found a site that would transform scientific views about the deep history...
‘Wabi’ and ‘sabi’ are Japanese words with long histories. By Dr. Paul S. AtkinsProfessor of JapaneseUniversity of...
The hymn was preserved orally because it had become a popular song and was finally committed to...
Tea was traded as currency, consumed as sustenance, elevated as ritual, and debated as medicine. Its journey...
The eighteenth century was the crucible of coffee’s New World history. What began with a few transplanted...
Beer in nineteenth-century America was never just about drinking. It was about identity, industry, labor, politics, and...
In the 13th and 14th centuries, Mayapán was the largest Maya capital of the Yucatán Peninsula. Introduction...
The return of an important monument to Mexico spotlights a culture whose influence is still felt in...
The prehistoric and early ethno-linguistic peoples of Venezuela stand as witnesses to the region’s role as both...
Colonial Venezuela was a paradox. It appeared marginal, yet it mattered. Its society was hierarchical, yet constantly...
Venezuela continues to reimagine itself, to fight over its identity, to seek renewal even in collapse. Its...
Twenty Nazi physicians and three administrators were tried for committing horrible acts. By Dr. George J. AnnasDirector...