These mosaics illustrate the ways Hagia Sophia became entangled in and responded to theological controversies and more....
History
Unresolved race matters from the past intersect with twenty-first century activism to counter the continued devaluation of...
Thousands of gay employees were fired or forced to resign from the federal workforce. Introduction The Red...
Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States of America, gave the name Capitol Hill to the...
The ancient Greeks often did not leave risky choices up to individuals alone. Introduction As a scholar...
Honoring the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. My project, Mug Shot Portraits: Women of the...
Studying history is like detective work—especially when the rebellion of Black women has been left out of...
Neanderthals had the capacity to perceive and produce human speech. When the ancestors of anatomically-modern non-Africans came...
Western modern historical linguistics dates from the late-18th century. It grew out of the earlier discipline of...
Of all the causes to which Galileo’s image has been applied, freedom of thought and expression is...
Exploring the doctrinal positions of the Church in the context of the Western intellectual disputes around the...
Typically oral transmission refers to the basic action of passing information, in this case music, through oral...
Oral-and-literate ancient Israel probably had performance settings that were standardized for its oral narrative literature. By Dr....
Many modern remedies and medicines are based on Native American knowledge of plants and herbs they used...
Scientific disciplines which study traditional medicine include herbalism, ethnomedicine, ethnobotany, and medical anthropology. Introduction Traditional medicine (also known...
The persecution and destruction of the Jews of Germany at the time of the Black Death. Introduction...
Throughout history, plagues have severely affected human societies. By Christine A. Smith Throughout history, humans have been...
This civilization lasted 3,500 years, from about 2000 B.C.E. to 1500 C.E. At its peak, it included...
The era of the samurai lasted for 700 years, until the emperor was restored to power in...
Introduction The culture of medieval Japan was rich and varied due to exchanges with other Asian peoples....
The modern National Guard evolved from Colonial-era militias. Introduction The Pentagon has approved leaving 5,000 troops deployed...
Introduction The Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783 (also known as the Philadelphia Mutiny) was an anti-government protest by...
In the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, nativism reared its head once again as immigration...
It is more accurate to define this assembly as the first English representational government in the North...
It was the spiritual home to MLK and to the generations that shaped the vision of the...
Black churches have long been an important pillar in Philadelphia’s African American community. Introduction The Black Church...
This quadrivium miniature has often been cited as evidence for the prescience of the Carolingian educational reforms....
The Byzantines also created art and architecture with no religious imagery and without explicit religious functions in...
The sixteen murals displayed within depict the life and traditions of the Kiowa people, a Plains Indian...
When replaced by the telegraph, the Pony Express was quickly romanticized and became part of the lore...