Tag: Humanities
I dig through archives to unearth hidden stories from African-American history
Jane Landers, Vanderbilt University
Many years ago, as a graduate student searching in the archives of Spanish Florida, I discovered the first “underground railroad” of...
In the 1600s Hester Pulter wondered, ‘Why must I forever be...
Samantha Snively, University of California, Davis
In 1996, a graduate student named Mark Robson was creating a digital catalog of the University of Leeds’ Brotherton...
Why the Pilgrims were actually able to survive
Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Sometime in the autumn of 1621, a group of English...
Before the tragedy at Jonestown, the people of Peoples Temple had...
Rebecca Moore, San Diego State University
When people hear the word “Jonestown,” they usually think of horror and death.
Located in the South American country...
In the turmoil of 1968, music failed to seize the moment
Alan Williams, University of Massachusetts Lowell
While the first half of 1968 was a series of explosive moments – the Tet Offensive, Paris protests, the...
Why believing in ghosts can make you a better person
Werner Reischel/Flickr.com, CC BY
Tok Thompson, University of Southern...
First-generation college students earn less than graduates whose parents went to...
Anna Manzoni, North Carolina State University and Jessi Streib, Duke University
When discussions take place about first-generation college students, often the focus is on how...
The Village Voice’s photographers captured change, turmoil unfolding on New York...
Tamar Carroll, Rochester Institute of Technology and Joshua Meltzer, Rochester Institute of Technology
When The Village Voice, the nation’s first alternative weekly, closed in late...
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...
