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In 1665, Sabbetai Zevi, a self-proclaimed Messiah with a mass following throughout the Ottoman Empir
In 2010, Isabel Wilkerson spoke to the Institute about the fifteen years she spent reporting and wri
In the aftermath of Alexander the Great’s conquests, the Seleucid kings ruled a vast territory stret
If you peer closely into the bookstores, salons, and diplomatic circles of the eighteenth-century At
In the first book in the Modern Music Masters series, Tom Boniface-Webb examines the Manchester band
The Algerian War of Independence constituted a major turning point of 20th century history. The conf
In our interview about Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomi
An illuminating deep-dive into everything Fleetwood Mac--the songs, the rivalries, the successes, an
The last sixteen years of James Baldwin's life (1971–87) unfolded in a village in the South of Franc
In Fate Unknown: Tracing the Missing after World War II and the Holocaust (Oxford University Press,
Today I talked to Duncan Simpson about his book Tenho o prazer de informar o senhor director: cartas
Political Scientist E.J. Fagan, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Ill
From the Occupy protests to climate change school strikes and the Black Lives Matter movement, the 2
The idea of “backwardness” often plagues historical writing on Russia. In Russia in the Time of Chol
Recurring tropes about fragmented communities living on frontier forestlands living in Southeast Asi
What makes us human? What, if anything, sets us apart from all other creatures? Ever since Charles D
Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) never crossed the Atlantic himself, but his impact in colonial Latin A
Many historical figures have their lives and works shrouded in myth, both in life and long after thei
Political Theorist David Lay Williams has a new book that traces the problem of economic inequality
In the shadow of recent turmoil, Join the Conspiracy: How a Brooklyn Eccentric Got Lost on the Right
