Examining ‘suspicious reading’ – allied reading – or reading in solidarity. By Stephen SquibbDoctoral Candidate in EnglishHarvard...
History
Even toward the end of her life, the writer revealed a youthful zest for life and art....
The brilliant, eclectic thinker who wrote the classic dystopian novel Brave New World.. At six feet four and...
The family one was born into in Byzantium greatly determined one’s social status and profession in adult...
Honor Ceres, the goddess of wheat, with this ancient recipe. Introduction Although Ceres (Greek Demeter) was in...
After winning the Civil War and living in the White House, he decided to see the world....
Deaths were justified by prevailing ideologies both in Westminster and among the British public. Chief Mato-tope of...
Van Helmont was an heir of Paracelsus’s thought and movement who went to lengths in later years...
Achilles was too proud and bad-tempered for his own good, and his reckless rage would cost both...
Exploring how manuscripts reveal the evolution of the tale of Troy in ancient Greek and Latin traditions....
The Pope and the president both opted to look away from the greatest humanitarian crisis of our...
The timing of the assassination made Easter Sunday 1865 a particularly important—and confusing—occasion. Shot on Good Friday...
These men fled to a variety of destinations, including modern-day Canada, the Caribbean, and France. I’m investigating...
The pulverizing defeat at Hattin had left most of the Crusader strongholds without enough soldiers to defend...
The rebellious Arabian tribes declared that their pact with Muhammad was personal and that they felt no...
America’s racial past is hardly past but rather powerfully connects past and present. Even amid the continuing...
Police interaction with black people can be much more insidious than these headline-grabbing moments we’re seeing today....
It would take several decades of legal action and years of nonviolent direct action to spark real...
It was not until 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education and later 1964 with the Civil...
Looking at at how Britain’s first lesbian magazine came about and its impact on society. Introduction In...
By the 1930s, vibrators were just another household electric appliance that could soothe your pains at the...
The complex patronage relationships changed with the social pressures during the late Republic. Introduction Patronage (clientela) was...
There are dozens of different ways to view history. You can see history from the perspective of...
It is perhaps the fact that Washington was determined to limit his power as President that is...
Rivalries, conflict, and “bad blood” between presidents are part of the story of American history. Most of...
With the plague decimating the ranks of laborers, surviving workers rebelled against the crown’s higher taxes and...
Knights were generally paid for their services, but not if in service to the king in a...
Codes of law existed in almost every ancient civilization in different forms and under different types of...
Calvinism is known for some notable experiments in Christian theocracy. Introduction Calvinism is a system of Christian...
Many features of the Settlement remained in place and their effects can still be seen on today’s...