Romans created a link between their history and the Trojan War by associating a hero from the...
History
He continues to be recognized as ‘The Father of History’ and a reliable source of information on...
Donald Trump aims to rewrite America’s official history, including at one of the nation’s key sites of...
From Rome to today, damnatio memoriae reveals the universal struggle to control the past. It is a...
Trump’s appointment of Jim Byron to lead the National Archives represents more than personnel change. It signals...
Today, the quarrel over whether the United States is a democracy or a republic repeats an old...
He spent more than three years volunteering. By Dr. Richard GundermanChancellor’s Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and...
Prior to the war, the U.S. Army had a variety of iron smoothbore siege guns and howitzers....
Jack Cade’s rebellion fused genuine grievances with political theater, articulated systemic critiques of government, and briefly turned...
Nineteenth-century Americans cast ballots with soldiers often looming nearby. Political life has always been conducted at the...
Record-keeping is one of the oldest tools humans have used to build and manage society. Long before...
Why did LBJ decline to offer himself? The Vietnam War? (Not going well.) Decline of initial enthusiasm...
Voters become galvanized and change their party allegiance. By Dr. Graeme MackVisiting Assistant Professor of HistoryUniversity of...
Precise conditions for receiving an office would seem close to simony. By Dr. Sverre BaggeNorwegian Historian Introduction...
The events were a catalyst in the overarching violence in the volatile 1876 election campaign. Introduction The Hamburg...
Congressional Reconstruction enabled the creation of biracial democracy for the first time in the South. By Dr....
“Woe to the land that’s govern’d by a child.” By Dr. David Sterling BrownAssociate Professor of EnglishTrinity...
Laughter is a far more complex phenomenon than simple delight. By Dr. Kirsten BellSenior Research Fellow in...
This study is useful for understanding the complexity of medieval bodies and gender. Introduction This essay argues...
Historically, many Christians got tattoos around Holy Week − usually a cross − to honor Christ’s martyrdom....
The Massachusetts Bay Colony remains one of history’s most striking attempts to fuse politics and religion into...
Radical Christianity in the twentieth century thus remains a testament to the enduring power, and peril, of...
Examining the actions of Napoleon and his army and how that influenced the Egyptians’ perception of Westerners....
There is a lack of surviving originals. By Dr. Monica BulgerLecturer in Art HistoryColumbia University Introduction In...
Pharaohs, emperors, kings, and dynasts ruled not only by force but by embedding their power in cosmic,...
Medieval rulers confronted dissent not with a single strategy but with a spectrum of tactics that blended...
Authoritarian regimes feared the disruptive potential of independent thought, perceiving scholars as rivals to political monopoly. By...
Emperor Elagabalus attempted to create a new celestial hierarchy. Introduction During its long and turbulent history, the...
The descendants of the ancient civilization still live throughout Central America. Introduction It’s not every day that...
The sun was at once a creator, judge, emperor, and predator; its image refracted through the prism...