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Caree A. Banton's book More Auspicious Shores: Barbadian Migration to Liberia, Blackness, and the Ma
Agincourt is one of the most famous battles in English history, a defining part of the national myth
Addressing questions about what it means to be ‘British’ or ‘Irish’ in the twenty-first century, Mig
In this episode, we are joined by the anthropologist Tone Bleie for a discussion of her book A New T
Today I talked to Iemima Ploscariu about Alternative Evangelicals: Challenging Nationalism in Interw
The Wagner Group: Inside Russia’s Mercenary Army (Reaktion, 2024) exposes the history and the future
We remember Audre Lorde as an iconic writer, a quotable teacher whose words and face grace T-shirts,
On January 16, 1945, dozens of U.S. Navy aircraft took off for China’s southern coast, including the
In Fixers: Agency, Translation, and the Early Global History of Literature (University of Chicago Pr
Inspired by the rise of environmental psychology and increasing support for behavioral research afte
Leo Strauss was a German-Jewish emigrant to the United States, an author, professor and political ph
Shadows. Smoke. Dark alleys. Rain-slicked city streets. These are iconic elements of film noir visua
Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State (Faber & Faber, 2024) offers a liv
Today I talked to Will Grant about his book Populista: The Rise of Latin America's 21st Century Stro
A perpetual tension exists between history and change, which is an issue long explored by historians
At the beginning of the twentieth century, for many English men and women of Welsh origin the idea o
Today I talked to Philip Freeman about his new book Julian: Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor (Yale UP, 2023
Americans agree that their nation’s origins lie in the Revolution, but they have never agreed on wha
As the author of a graphic history, I loved chatting with Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Paul Peart-Smith
As soon as the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, prominent independent Russian journalist Mikhail Z
