Tag: European history
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...
Why Russia thinks it’s exceptional
Gregory Carleton, Tufts University
Destiny calls upon Russia once more to face the West – or so Russians might believe.
America is not alone in projecting...
How Columbus, of all people, became a national symbol
William Francis Keegan, University of Florida
Christopher Columbus was a narcissist.
He believed he was personally chosen by God for a mission that no one else...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
