Tag: European history
Misunderstood Malthus: The English thinker whose name is synonymous with doom...
Roy Scranton, University of Notre Dame
No one uses “Malthusian” as a compliment. Since 1798, when the economist and...
Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and...
Paul Bierman, University of Vermont
Since Donald Trump regained the presidency, he has coveted Greenland. Trump has insisted that...
Defying the Holocaust didn’t just mean uprising and revolt: Remembering Jews’...
Chad Gibbs, College of Charleston
Richard Glazar insisted that no one survived the Holocaust without help. To this Prague-born...
Spain’s new memory law dredges up a painful chapter of Spain’s...
Sara J. Brenneis, Amherst College
Walking down a tree-lined street in the Poble Sec neighborhood of Barcelona, one might...
HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’ was inspired by a real medieval...
David Routt, University of Richmond
In three decades of teaching medieval European history, I’ve noticed my students are especially...
How do you spot a witch? This notorious 15th-century book gave...
Melissa Chim, General Theological Seminary
Books have always had the power to cast a spell over their readers –...
The humble origins of ‘Silent Night’
Sarah Eyerly, Florida State University
One of the world’s most famous Christmas carols, “Silent Night,” celebrates its 200th anniversary this year.
Over the centuries, hundreds...
The early-20th century German trans-rights activist who was decades ahead of...
Elizabeth Heineman, University of Iowa
The Trump administration continues its assault on transgender rights.
In July 2017, Trump sought to bar transgender people from serving in...
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Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
