Nacht und Nebel stands as one of the most revealing examples of how a modern state can...
History
The endurance of mirror divination into late antiquity and early modernity underscores the persistent human desire to...
The speaking head offered a framework for imagining how far human ingenuity might extend into realms typically...
The Norse belief system was as integral a part of the people’s lives as that of any...
People shifted between certain partly parallel patterns of religious experience, beliefs, and behaviour. Introduction Over the last...
Technology and standardization produced the sameness against which individual difference could rebel. Introduction Technology and fashion have...
Ancient Greek and Roman bodies are often seen as flawless – cast in buff bronze and white...
Paul Henri Thiry d’Holbach stands as one of the most systematic and uncompromising figures of the eighteenth...
The Black church came about when African Americans began to establish their own congregations. Introduction With religious affiliation on the decline, continuing racism...
Coal’s presence in Roman Britain reveals a provincial landscape shaped by environmental opportunity rather than imperial design....
The combination of empirical observation, civic intervention, and evolving environmental theory created a legacy that shaped future...
How an archivist came to see Bethune as a global figure. Introduction When I first landed an...
Victims of “blackbirding” endured horrific working conditions. By Dr. Shoshi ParksAnthropologist and Writer No Pacific Islander was safe from...
How a military institution created to secure imperial authority could evolve into a force capable of reshaping...
The reforms that followed the Drury case formed part of a longer trajectory of efforts to strengthen...
Trends in the development of American literature set in the German capital from around 1900 to the...
How fashion evolved in France in the 1930s and 1940s. By Babeth Étiève-CartwrightHead of TranslationsWorld History Encyclopedia...
The Gestapo’s targeting of immigrants reveals how racial ideology and administrative authority converged to create one of...
The incarceration of Japanese Americans during the Second World War demonstrates how national security concerns can be...
Dunbar became the first Black writer to earn international acclaim through his poetry, essays, and musical lyrics....
While Taylor’s contributions are nothing short of incredible, her story is often overlooked within Civil War history....
Henbane’s history in medieval Europe reveals the complexity of a plant that existed at the intersection of...
Is his appeal less about the power and complexity of his prose and more about the view...
What role does age play in determining the status of equals? By Dr. Darren M. McMahonDavid W....
Four women went on strike at Fort Devins to do skilled jobs instead of ‘maid work’. In...
The conversion of Lithuania illustrates how religious change in the medieval world could emerge from political calculation...
Robert G. Ingersoll’s career reveals the centrality of public oratory to the intellectual and political life of...
Syncletica’s significance also lies in her contribution to the recognition of female ascetic authority. Her counsel circulated...
Broquière’s Le Voyage d’Outre-Mer stands as a unique record of the political and military conditions of the...
The Hellfire Clubs remain significant not simply because of what their members did, but because of what...