The Byzantine Empire, is one of the most tragically understudied topics in modern American historical curriculum. By...
History
History connects people and societies across time, revealing how past choices continue to shape the present. Read accounts and interpretations drawn from cultures around the world.
Lebanese factory workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1890-1950. Originally published by North Carolina State University, August 2018, republished...
Now, intrepid scholars are saving those parish baptismal records from war, neglect, and rot. By Paula Wasley...
The departure of those who aligned themselves with Great Britain rather than the revolutionary cause. Originally published...
Visual registers of Latin America acquired new characteristics at the dawning of the 19th century. Introduction Alongside...
Former President Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy efforts may have been far more effective than critics have claimed....
As a result of the need to exchange information faster and more efficiently, telecommunications advanced rapidly. As...
John Wesley Powell’s expedition opened the West. He then devoted his life to protecting it. In May...
Arctic ice has long proved a stern adversary to explorers. Exploring the representation of this fearful foe...
Himeji Castle united beauty and military engineering through white-plastered walls, deceptive passageways, fortified gates, massive stonework, and...
The abortion debate is not new. It began at least a century before landmark abortions rights decision...
Women were never silent about their lowly status in a patriarchal America. Mississippi state representative Douglas McLeod...
Early space age culture in America highlighted women’s reproductive capacity as a primary, crucial contribution that women...
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...