Early space age culture in America highlighted women’s reproductive capacity as a primary, crucial contribution that women...
History
Beyond the headlines and iconic reputation she built across party lines, she had to fight just as...
The tragedy of treating people as property has left only scattered scraps to hint at their cultures...
Defamiliarizing fame by exploring its roots in the ancient world. Introduction “Fame is a bee,” Emily Dickinson...
The journey begins with a quiet academic living in Istanbul who receives a cryptic message that will...
The Roman Republic emerged out of what one historian called “the ashes of the monarchy.” Introduction Western...
Examining the intersection of religion and politics in the evolution of the Sikh tradition in the pre-colonial,...
It made sense for the Quakers to cultivate an exaggerated presence in order to make their voices...
Considering the spread of Judaism from the viewpoint of other cultures in the Ancient Near East. Introduction...
Examining the transitions from “selective polytheism” to henotheism and subsequently, from henotheism to global monotheism. Introduction In...
Popular uprisings and resistance to taxation played havoc with the nine departments into which the National Assembly...
Pastoralism is a central part of many Africans’ identity. But how and when did this way of...
The viral genetics of Hepatitis B is helping to trace the history and movement of Australia’s first...
It was the first stage in the liberation of western Europe and a major step towards the...
William James and the philosophy of pragmatism. “Be not afraid of life, believe that life is worth...
This article, Loos, Lewdness, and Literature: Tales from the Boghouse, was originally published in The Public Domain Review...
Witch hunts in the New World began in Virginia, though Virginia’s alleged witches were imprisoned rather than...
The Abbott Papyrus from ancient Thebes / British Museum The Egyptians used a variety of terms to...
All kinds of fantasies could be found in this land at the edge of earth. Introduction Herodotus (484...
How a New York farmer’s elaborate hoax “proved” giants roamed the Earth. One Sunday afternoon in October...
In a gradual process of Hellenization, the Samaritans developed their own variant of Hellenism. When Alexander the...
Even though so much has changed over the last 110 years, this is still the America of...
In June 1924, Mussolini instructed Cesare Mori to eradicate the Mafia from Sicily. The Sicilian Mafia was less active...
The ideological basis for fascism came from a number of sources. Formation of the National Fascist Party...
A fortuitous influx of cash launched the Smithsonian’s first art collection. In 1835, through an unlikely turn...
Throughout his life, Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) collected books across a vast spectrum of topics and languages. Introduction...
For a small price, Ferdinand Brader would draw a bird’s-eye view of someone’s homestead. When Ferdinand A....
Life in the 18th-century city would have provoked a dazzling mixture of sensations: terror and exhilaration, menace...
Researchers show that an Ancient Roman text has long been misinterpreted, shedding new light on how innovation...
What the Romans ate and how. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The ancient Mediterranean diet revolved around four...