Interviews with Oxford University Press authors about their books
Many entries in our lexicon have an interesting history, but it’s very seldom the case that the curr
For many Asian and Western Buddhists today, Buddhism means meditation and an embrace of the world’s
I was still in high school the year the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, 1979. I remember reading a
The Greco-Roman world was the prism through which the British viewed their imperial efforts, and Mar
Copyright is one of those topics over which even two saints disagreed. The legend has it that Saint
In our attempts to know and understand the world around us, we inevitably rely on others to provide
What was the scholastic metaphysical tradition of the later Middle Ages, and why did it come “crashi
How can those in African, Africana, and African American Studies strengthen their disciplinary ties?
What is the role of personality in shaping history? Shortly before the beginning of the First World
Here’s a simple–or should we say simplistic?–line of political reasoning: communities are made of pe
On August 8, 2008 many Americans learned that Russia had gone to war with a mysterious country calle
You’ve probably heard of the “Age of Exploration.” You know, Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama, Col
People will often say that “this land”–wherever this land happens to be–is theirs because their ance
My uncle fought in Vietnam. He flew F-105 Thundercheifs, or “Thuds.” He bombed the heck out of an ar
What to think about the Vietnam War? A righteous struggle against global Communist tyranny? An episo
The term “totalitarian” is useful as it well describes the aspirations of polities such as Nazi Germ
Here’s something interesting. If you search Google Books for “Hitler,” you’ll get 3,090,000 results.
Here’s something remarkable: at some point in the future, something you believe to be just fine will
Try to imagine having never seen an airplane. It’s hard. Aircraft are an ordinary part of our daily
I have a (much beloved) colleague who calls all history about things before AD 1900 “that old stuff.
