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How The Renaissance Was Defined and Re-Defined

How The Renaissance Was Defined and Re-Defined

Joseph Luzzi on the Etymological and Ideological Underpinnings of One of the World's Most Important Cultural Movements

By Joseph Luzzi | October 26, 2022

Neither Heroines Nor Villains: The Brave-Hearted Women Who Settled the American West

Neither Heroines Nor Villains: The Brave-Hearted Women Who Settled the American West

Katie Hickman in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 26, 2022

A History of the Sassoons—One of the World’s Great Global Merchant Families

A History of the Sassoons—One of the World’s Great Global Merchant Families

Joseph Sassoon in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 26, 2022

How Martha Graham Was Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky

How Martha Graham Was Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky

Neil Baldwin on the Shared Artistic Visions of Modern Dance and Modern Art

By Neil Baldwin | October 25, 2022

Gray Area for Gray Matter: On the Time Einstein’s Brain was Stolen

Gray Area for Gray Matter: On the Time Einstein’s Brain was Stolen

A Quest for the Biological Basis of Genius

By Kathryn and Ross Petras | October 25, 2022

How the Supreme Court Failed to Stop the Brutal Relocation of Indigenous American Nations

How the Supreme Court Failed to Stop the Brutal Relocation of Indigenous American Nations

Joel Richard Paul on the Legal Challenges to Racist Presidential Policy That Led to The Trail of Tears

By Joel Richard Paul | October 25, 2022

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Emily Tamkin in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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The Soviet Union Might Be Dead, But the Consequences of Its Disastrous Collapse Continue to Haunt Us

The Soviet Union Might Be Dead, But the Consequences of Its Disastrous Collapse Continue to Haunt Us

Vladislav M. Zubok in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 25, 2022

“Elves Live Here.” On Modern Icelandic Elflore and the Shades of Belief

“Elves Live Here.” On Modern Icelandic Elflore and the Shades of Belief

Nancy Marie Brown Considers the Stories Surrounding the Country’s “Hidden Folk”

By Nancy Marie Brown | October 24, 2022

“A Solemn Battle between Good and Evil.” Charles Sumner’s Radical, Compelling Message of Abolition

“A Solemn Battle between Good and Evil.” Charles Sumner’s Radical, Compelling Message of Abolition

Timothy Shenk on the Senator from Massachusetts and the Birth of the Republican Party

By Timothy Shenk | October 24, 2022

A Dreamer of Worlds: Anna Badkhen Explores Ethiopa (and the Etymologies of Maps)

A Dreamer of Worlds: Anna Badkhen Explores Ethiopa (and the Etymologies of Maps)

“What each map always implies is the observer, you.”

By Anna Badkhen | October 24, 2022

On the Rich, Hidden History of the Banjo

On the Rich, Hidden History of the Banjo

Kristina R. Gaddy on the Instrument’s Spiritual and Cultural Significance

By Kristina R. Gaddy | October 24, 2022

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