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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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Unlocking the Unconscious: Who Was Sigmund Freud?
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Top 10 Historic Sites You Should See in Paris
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
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What Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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From Wartime Reserve to Pop Culture: What Is the History of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On?’
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Who Was Vercingetorix?
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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What Was the Kido Butai?
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
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“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
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“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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Who Is Satan in the New Testament?
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How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
11 months ago
So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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The Mother of Rome
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
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8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
7 months ago
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Open Culture
Hear Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast from 1938: The Original Tale of Mysterious...
A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further...
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A month ago, drones were spotted near Morris County, New Jersey. Since then, reports of further sightings in various locations in the region have been lodged on a daily basis, and anxieties about the origin and purpose of these unidentified flying objects have grown apace. “We...
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
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Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
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What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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Mon, 03/04/2024 - 11:48
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
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The Avicenna Canon Medicinae – An Illustrated Medical Book From 13th Century Paris
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text...
8 months ago
First published in 13th Century Paris, the Avicenna, Canon Medicinae is an illustrated medical text book made from tempera and gold leaf on parchment. Shelf marked Besançon, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 0457, the work is a Latin translation of Avicenna’s Canon medicinae, one of...
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum Restitutes Matisse Painting
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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JamesHoare
Thu, 11/14/2024 - 09:09
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Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
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“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves they have a better idea.” – John Ciardi, American poet (24 June 1916 – 30 March 1986) Erich Sokol (31 March 1933 – 20 February 2003) was an Austrian illustrator and caricaturist best known...
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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‘All His Spies’ and ‘Spycraft’ review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 07/29/2024 - 09:25
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
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It's about having small expectations.
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Sappho
Fragments of Poetry
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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The Future of US Elections: Potential Changes and Emerging Issues
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Who Were the Black Panther Party?
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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Memorial Day Weekend Sale
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A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
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99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
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There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
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Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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African History...
Guns and Spears: a military history of the Zulu kingdom.
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems...
a year ago
Popular history of Africa before the colonial era often divides the continent’s military systems into two broad categories —the relatively modern armies along the Atlantic coast which used firearms, versus the 'traditional' armies in the interior that fought with arrows and...
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‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
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Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
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Secrets of the Sirens
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Why Was Hannibal Defeated? And What If He Had Won?
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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Norman Lear’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
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Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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Res Obscura
I talked to Terry Gross!
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled...
11 months ago
A brief update about the publication of "Tripping on Utopia" before we return to regularly scheduled posting
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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What Is Capoeira?
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Machu Picchu Unveiled: Why Hiram Bingham Didn’t “Discover” It
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
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On the Spot: Lori D. Ginzberg
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Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:30
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Discover the Secrets of the Catacombs of Rome
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Why James Bond Gave Up His Lady’s Gun For A Walther PPK
Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in...
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Geoffrey Boothroyd (1925 – 20 October 2001) enjoyed reading spy novels and writing about guns in over a dozen books on the subject, including A Guide to Gun Collecting (1961), Guns Through the Ages (also 1961) and The British Over and Under Shotgun. In 1956 Boothoyd had read...
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Edward VII: The Rebel Prince Who Became a Popular King
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African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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Was Minoan Crete a Matriarchal Society?
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Hildegard of Bingen: Get to Know a Medieval Polymath’s Life
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Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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Manhattan Noir: John Fensten’s Photographs of New York City in the 1980s
John Fensten (American, New York, 1936-2001) studied acting with the world-renowned Actor’s Studio...
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Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Cotton & How It Changed the World
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Trying to Understand...
The Politics of Exhaustion.
And the exhaustion of politics.
5 months ago
And the exhaustion of politics.
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
10 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
Trying to Understand...
Going to Pieces Slowly...
And then what?
a year ago
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Scientism and Anti-Scientism: What Is the Difference?
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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is it really necessary to be a “paragon of virtue” to rule?
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
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When Was the Fall of the Byzantine Empire?
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Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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What is the “Mind”?
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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Third-Party Candidates: The Outsiders in US Elections
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What Was the Great Schism of 1054?
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10 Historic Towns in Southwest France Brimming With Joie de Vivre
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What Is the Didache?
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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Scandals of the Glorious Revolution
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What Is Transcendentalism?
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10 Facts You Should Know About Henri Matisse
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László Moholy-Nagy: Art from the Epoch of the Modernist Experiment
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László Moholy-Nagy (July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Jewish Hungarian poet, painter and photographer before he became the major proselytiser of the new avant-garde vision at the Bauhaus school, where has taught as a professor and succeeded is working across disciplines. ...
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What Are the Oldest Copies of the Bible?
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a complete history of an African monument
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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