F or a long time, it had been broadly assumed that history was over — that, at least, the liberal international order embodied by Francis Fukuyama’s notion of the “end of history” had rendered ...

There are days lately when it feels like we’ve had enough history, thanks very much. That it would be nice if history could slow down for just a moment to let us catch our breaths, that it’s hard ...

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“It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the ...

As much as reminiscing about memories of past events can bring us joy and contentment, thinking about our past can also bring up thoughts and emotions that can be difficult to handle. This is ...

For history nerds, the Open Durham database is invaluable. But as development continues aggressively apace, it is also evidence of, and argument for, a rapidly vanishing city. Melva George Rigel’s ...

As Henry Luna watched an entirely peaceful protest in Mott Haven on June 4th spiral into a bloody melee, with NYPD squads in riot gear beating and macing trapped protesters at random, he recalled ...