African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
TheCollector
Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
undefined
3 weeks ago
Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
TheCollector
Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Averroes Influence the West?
undefined
8 months ago
African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
Open Culture
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...
a week ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
Bob Dylan’s Odyssey: A Deep Dive into the Life of a Music Legend
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
It’s Complicated: Edward VIII & Wallis Simpson’s Scandalous Romance
undefined
3 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
TheCollector
Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
undefined
12 months ago
TheCollector
The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
undefined
2 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 29, 2024 (On Roman Values)
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had...
8 months ago
Fireside this week! Apologies for having two of these in a row, but as I noted last week, I’ve had some unexpected (but good) travel, which has made a bit of havoc in my schedule and I am still trying to catch back up. Nevertheless, I wanted to use this week’s fireside to muse a...
Classical Wisdom
Sappho: The Lost Poetess
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
a year ago
Watch now (1 min) | Now FREE with a Classical Wisdom Kids Yearly Membership
TheCollector
5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
undefined
4 days ago
TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
undefined
7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
TheCollector
Aristarchus of Samos and the Heliocentric Model of the Universe
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
undefined
3 months ago
African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
TheCollector
10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
undefined
8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
a year ago
TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
undefined
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What makes a good friend?
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
a year ago
'Birds of a feather’? Or 'the proverbial potters'?
TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Foreign Gods Hidden in the Roman Pantheon
undefined
7 months ago
Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
5 days ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
Hundred Rabbits
projects and pain
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new...
over a year ago
We arrived in New Zealand with a long scary list of things to fix or replace on Pino. We needed new batteries, a new mainsail, a fresh coat of bottom-paint, galley plumbing, new intermediates shrouds, new backstay, new top hatch, new windows, new control cables etc.
'If we can't...
TheCollector
Spencer Perceval: The Only British Prime Minister to Be Assassinated
undefined
6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Water Is Rising.
But slowly ...
2 months ago
TheCollector
Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
undefined
4 months ago
Res Obscura
Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
a year ago
Notes on using AI to analyze three World War II-era films about drugs and PTSD
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
TheCollector
1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Ghost Towns in California You Need to Explore
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit Towns With Thanksgiving Traditions
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
What Makes Yinka Shonibare’s African Fabrics Unique?
undefined
9 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
a month ago
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Prometheus: The Titan Who Defied Zeus and Created Humanity
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black...
2 months ago
Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist (1890 – 1944) who produced three main portfolios of black and white woodcut prints: Cathedral (Der Dom), Passion, and America in Woodcuts (Amerika im Holzschnitt). A bookbinder by trade having been trained as such under Henry Van De Velde...
TheCollector
Venice’s Nordic Pavilion Receives a Massive Chinese Dragon
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Kuomintang?
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Gettier Problem?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Magnus Maximus’ Forgotten Son Contributed to the Arthurian Legends
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
undefined
a year ago
African History...
The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
2 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 15
TheCollector
Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
undefined
8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
The Moon
The Milky Way and The...
TheCollector
Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Giorgio Agamben on the End of the Poem
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the (Delicious) History of Pizza?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
undefined
3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
a year ago
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
a week ago
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
Flashbak
SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part III: Going To War With the Army...
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more...
6 months ago
This is the third and final part of our three-part (I, II, III) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples – particularly the Celtiberians, Gauls and also many Germanic-language speaking peoples on the Rhine and Danube- raised armies to fight the...
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Cezanne and Zola?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Presidents Who Changed the US
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Interview with Giulio Dalvit: TheCollector Chats with Frick Curator
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Maui Native Cultural Center Demolished in Fire
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Define Happiness & Good Life?
undefined
8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Culture Drift Predicts Decadence
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
2 months ago
Babies are naturally pretty selfish, lazy, and present-oriented.
TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
undefined
6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Telstar: Communication Break-through by Satellite (1962)
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current...
a year ago
Sorry to skip a week, it may happen again next week.
Here is a straight history book of an current (at the time) and wonderful event in global communication. We has lost track of how satellites have changed our lives and made the earth a smaller place. It is a little dull in...
TheCollector
What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Countries Joined the Axis Powers?
undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
7 months ago
Can Mobs Make the Change They Want to See?
TheCollector
10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
undefined
10 months ago
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
2 weeks ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
TheCollector
How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
undefined
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How do we know what’s True? How can we decipher what is real among lies?
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
11 months ago
“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
6 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
TheCollector
Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Toxic Walls: Why Was Victorian Green Wallpaper So Deadly?
undefined
3 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 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...
Flashbak
A Shagtastic Tour of Swinging Britain in 1967
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of...
7 months ago
Among British Pathé’s newsreel films made for UK cinemas up until 1970 vis this wonderful time of Swinging Britain capsule from 1967. Shot on 35mm film and backed by the lilting holiday camp music, a narrator these videos are not a little kitsch. In Swinging Britain we take an...
TheCollector
7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Aristotle’s Opinion on Metaphysics?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
Without living forever in fear and worry?
5 months ago
Without living forever in fear and worry?
Dreams of Space -...
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...
Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
a year ago
TheCollector
History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
undefined
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
7 Things You Need To Know About Egon Schiele
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
5 Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
undefined
a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
Uxn, wrote a file browser...
TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
undefined
a month ago
African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
Flashbak
Welcome to the Country Club: Prison Life in Four Different Nations
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order:...
3 months ago
Dutch photographer Jan Banning turned his lens on prisons and prisoners for his book Law & Order: The World of Criminal Justice,. Below we see photographs pictures of prison life in Colombia, France, Uganda and the United States. “I’m interested in these aspects of society that...
TheCollector
Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
England’s Medieval Angevin Empire Explained
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
Louis Pasteur: The Scientist Who Discovered Vaccines & Pasteurization
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
undefined
9 months ago
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
undefined
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
5 Interesting Historic Events That Happened on Christmas Day
undefined
yesterday
TheCollector
Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
undefined
3 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
TheCollector
What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
undefined
a year ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this...
6 months ago
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing a short post or set of posts on the organization of non-state ‘tribal’ societies in...
TheCollector
TheCollector Interviews Anys Reimann, Contemporary Artist
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Who is the Real FDR?
undefined
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
3 weeks ago
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
undefined
6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Funny Pictures Magazine May (1976)
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue...
a year ago
Another children's magazine from Russia. I enjoy the space pictures and the simple art. This issue has a nice space story comic.
Весёлые Картинки (Funny Pictures.) ( Komsomol “Veselye Kartinki”.) nr. 4, April 1976.
TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
undefined
8 months ago
Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
2 months ago
Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Last Chance!
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
undefined
5 months ago
History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
5 Female Heroes of World War II
undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
How George Washington Used the Fabian Strategy During the Revolution
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Killing Grounds: Thermopylae
Registration *Now* Open
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Anarchist Prince: Who was Peter Alekseyevich Kropotkin?
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Monsters and Myths
a year ago
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
TheCollector
4 American Presidents Who Were Assassinated
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Did Humans and Neanderthals Interbreed?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
undefined
4 months ago
African History...
A complete history of the old city of Gao ca. 700-1898.
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
5 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 12
TheCollector
What Did Averroes Ask Ibn Arabi?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
The Birthplace of Renaissance Art: Must-Visit Galleries in Florence
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
undefined
2 days ago
TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
undefined
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
3 weeks ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Banksy’s Latest Artwork Is a Goat on a Ledge in London
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
undefined
4 months ago
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.
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...
TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
undefined
9 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Ancient Greek and Phoenician Colonization
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis...
a year ago
Davis senatum consuluit a.d. III Idus Octobris apud aedem Patreontis; de colonis Graecis et Punicis verba fecit… This week we’re taking a brief look, by ACOUP Senate request, at Greek and Phoenician colonization in the ancient Mediterranean. In particular, the focus requested was...
TheCollector
5 Quotes by Locke Explained
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
undefined
12 months ago
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Early Christianity
12 months ago
TheCollector
A Minority Stake Acquisition at Sotheby’s
undefined
a year ago
Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
a week ago
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
TheCollector
Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
undefined
3 months ago
Hidden History
The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
a month ago
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
TheCollector
5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
undefined
a month ago
Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
3 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Crime in the USA
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
11 months ago
A short primer and collection of basic descriptive facts
TheCollector
Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
TheCollector
Louis XIV: History’s Longest-Reigning Monarch
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Assassinated Julius Caesar?
undefined
7 months ago
weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
How to Read Film Like a Language
undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
undefined
6 months ago
History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
undefined
12 months ago
History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
undefined
11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
TheCollector
What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
undefined
11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Round Two? There Is No Round Two.
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
a year ago
Game pretty much over in Ukraine.
TheCollector
Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Was the Berlin Conference?
undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics
Memorial Sales Ends
6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
New Cabins *NOW* Available
8 months ago
New Cabins *NOW* Available
TheCollector
Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Deadliest Sword Designs
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Street Artist JR Installs Optical Illusion at Milan Train Station
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
undefined
4 months ago
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
2 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
TheCollector
How Are Art and Science Related?
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
undefined
12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The End of the World?
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
undefined
3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle's Politics
3 months ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
undefined
2 months ago
TheCollector
The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
undefined
3 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
TheCollector
Art Philanthropy in the US Depends on Prestige
undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
10 months ago
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
undefined
2 weeks ago
Trying to Understand...
Too Much of Not A Lot
Winning the day and losing the war.
a year ago
Winning the day and losing the war.
TheCollector
6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Edward IV: The Life of a Man Who Was King Twice
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Will to Power?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
5 months ago
Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
Res Obscura
The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
a year ago
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Prometheus and AI?
a month ago
TheCollector
7 Facts About Banana Republics & Their Role in History and Politics
undefined
8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The End of Power Projection?
We can't get there from here, anymore.
a year ago
We can't get there from here, anymore.
TheCollector
Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
undefined
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Over 1,000 Artifacts Unearthed Beneath Notre Dame
undefined
2 weeks ago
TheCollector
10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
undefined
6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year of Failing To Understand.
Not your usual end-of-year review.
4 days ago
Not your usual end-of-year review.
TheCollector
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
undefined
a year ago
Flashbak
Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
TheCollector
What is Wolfgang Tillmans Most Famous For?
undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
undefined
a year ago
Full Width 
Shortcuts 
Sign Up 
Log In 
Articles 
Reading List 