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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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Death of a Samurai Legend
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7 Important Members of the Black Panthers You Need to Know
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Emotions: Better Out or In?
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics?
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Socrates' Wayward Student
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Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
9 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Who Were the Hessians in the American Revolution?
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People of London’s Maida Vale the 1970s and early 1980s
Bristol Gardens runs between Formosa Street and Clifton Villas and in London’s Maida Vale. Artist...
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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Carl Jung’s Theory of Archetypes: Major Archetypes, History, Criticism
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Hidden History
The French Space Cat Felicette
France joined the Space Race in the 1950s, and one of her missions was a test flight involving the...
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9 Unskippable Memorials in Washington DC
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The Role of Women in 1950s America: Conformity or Change?
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
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Istanbul’s Top 7 Historic Gems
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German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
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Strange Magic: Belgium In Colour by Harry Gruyaert
‘Belgium is much more aesthetic. I’m making fun of my people and my own upbringing; colour here also...
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Wrong Side of...
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Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
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historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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Vanishing Point: New Zealand and Australia in the 80s and 90s
“I approached my subjects with a sense of urgency. I believed that my world, as I knew it, was...
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
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Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
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Shipping Cutoff imminent
a year ago
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Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
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Len Deighton’s Action Cookbook : How To Seduce With An Omelette (1965)
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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
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Hundred Rabbits
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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The Kitchen Debate: Khrushchev vs. Nixon
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Who Were ‘The Cambridge Five’?
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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What Are Slavoj Žižek’s Most Intriguing Ideas?
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Overcoming Bias
Tension-Filled Black Holes
Most matter pushes against nearby matter, via a positive “pressure.” That’s why Earth holds its...
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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What is the Eye of Ra?
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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The State of Franklin? A Forgotten Almost-State in the US
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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Tolkien and Plato
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
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What Are the Nicomachean Ethics?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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7 Great Paris Museums Beyond the Louvre
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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Flashbak
A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000...
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
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Who Was George Eliot?
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
a year ago
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Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
TheCollector
Understanding Yourself Through Jung: A Guide to Individuation & Self-Discovery
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Global Inequality...
The end and the beginning of history
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Three ways of thinking about Lea Ypi’s Free
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‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
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Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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What Caused the Dancing Plague?
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
3 weeks ago
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TheCollector
Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
7 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
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Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
7 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
TheCollector
6 Famous Musicians at the Center of Big Mysteries
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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TheCollector
7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Trying to Understand...
War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
Understanding political violence.
a year ago
Understanding political violence.
History Today Feed
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
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Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
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Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
Global Inequality...
Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
11 months ago
I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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Got Live If You Want It: John Scott’s Concert Photographs of Alice Cooper, Bryan Ferry, John Lydon...
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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What Was Lucas Cranach’s Legacy? A Dynasty in the German Renaissance
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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How Did the Black Death Change the English Language?
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Elliott Erwitt: A Brilliant Photographer Who Took Great Snapshots
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
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The World's First Computer
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Should We Glorify Caesar?
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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Martha Graham: 15 Facts About the Mother of Modern Dance
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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Horse Archers: The Feared Unit of Ancient and Medieval Warfare
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Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
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What Is Thatcherism?
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba Monster Scroll from 19th Century Japan
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The Kaikidan Ekotoba scroll features paintings of 33 monsters, both fantastic and plain odd from Japan. It’s a subject we’ve visited before with the Yokai Horrors from the 18th Century Bakemono Zukushi Scroll. Thought to originate in the mid 1800s, the artist behind the Kaikidan...
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The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
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Christie’s Nets $413 Million in 20th Century Evening Sale
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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Wrong Side of...
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The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
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11 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
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What Are the Abraham Tapestries?
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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5 Forgotten Fights on the Eastern Front in WWI
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What Was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?
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African History...
The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
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a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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Open Culture
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What Role Did Women Play in the Scientific Revolution?
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
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a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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How Leonardo da Vinci Painted The Last Supper: A Deep Dive Into a Masterpiece
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5 of the Most Important Magical Realist Writers
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Res Obscura
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Generative AI offers a new, more engaging (and, hopefully, more empathetic) way of teaching history. But how to use it?
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Flashbak
Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
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It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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A Brief History of Aboriginal Australia: The World’s Oldest Culture
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Patterns in Humanity
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Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
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What Is Hindutva? A Look at Hindu Nationalism
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Dreams of Space -...
The Eager Beaver Space Book (1962)
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3 days ago
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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From Window: A Photographer’s Obsession With His Wife And Freezing Time
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“I work and photograph while hoping to stop everything. In that sense, my work may be some kind of revenge drama about living now.” – Masahisa Fukase One morning in the summer of 1973, Masahisa Fukase (25 February 1934 – 9 June 2012) photographed his wife since 1964, Yoko...
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Luc Tuymans Mural Exhibition to Open Wednesday at Louvre
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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Enuma Elish: Discover the Babylonian Poem of Creation
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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How Did Sappho’s Love Life Influence Her Poetry?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
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This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Res Obscura
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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
Flashbak
Mazes and Labyrinths: An Illustrated History (1922)
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“There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.” – Philip K. Dick, VALIS William H. Matthews leads us through his 1922 book Mazes and Labyrinths from his home in Ruislip in the English county of Middlesex. Compiled shortly...
TheCollector
How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look?
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Classical Wisdom
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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Medea: Monster or Misunderstood?
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:15
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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Anglo-Afghan Wars: How Afghanistan Became the Graveyard of Empires
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
JamesHoare
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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African History...
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plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
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plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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The Surprising Origins of Wonder Woman: A Revolutionary Comic History
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
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JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 08:00
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TheCollector
6 Facts About Hilla von Rebay: The Mastermind Behind the Guggenheim
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Here’s What to Know About the Oldest High School in America
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