How Lydia Ernestine Becker Was Once Central to—Then Excluded from—the Study of Botany

How Lydia Ernestine Becker Was Once Central to—Then Excluded from—the Study of Botany

Erin Zimmerman on How Botany Helped to Complicate Our Views of Gender

By Erin Zimmerman | April 19, 2024

PEN President Jennifer Finney Boylan Announces Plans to Review PEN’s Work Going Back a Decade

PEN President Jennifer Finney Boylan Announces Plans to Review PEN’s Work Going Back a Decade

Facing Widespread Criticism, PEN America Responds

By Literary Hub | April 18, 2024

What if Chaucer’s <em>Canterbury Tales</em> came out today?

What if Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales came out today?

By James Folta | April 17, 2024

How a 19th-Century German Anthropologist Planted the Roots for Nazi Racial Theories

How a 19th-Century German Anthropologist Planted the Roots for Nazi Racial Theories

Adam Kuper on Gustav Klemm and the Fraught History of Cultural Institutions in Europe

By Adam Kuper | April 17, 2024

The Woman With the Mysterious Illness Behind Freud’s Famous “Talking Cure”

The Woman With the Mysterious Illness Behind Freud’s Famous “Talking Cure”

Gabriel Brownstein on the Long Tradition of Men Misdiagnosing Women’s Maladies

By Gabriel Brownstein | April 17, 2024

What Christiane Amanpour—and the Rest of Us—Can Learn From Palestinian Journalists in Gaza

What Christiane Amanpour—and the Rest of Us—Can Learn From Palestinian Journalists in Gaza

Steven W. Thrasher on the Myth of the “Independent Journalist”

By Steven W. Thrasher | April 16, 2024

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Cutting Class: On the Myth of the Middle Class Writer

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How Ordinary Irish Citizens Got Caught Up in the Violence of the Troubles

How Ordinary Irish Citizens Got Caught Up in the Violence of the Troubles

Henry Hemming on Bloody Sunday, Frank Hegarty, and Life in the IRA

By Henry Hemming | April 15, 2024

Considering the Lessons of the Cold War for the Next Great Power Rivalry

Considering the Lessons of the Cold War for the Next Great Power Rivalry

Adam E. Casey on America, China, and the Future of Revolutionary Rule

By Adam E. Casey | April 15, 2024

How Colonial Powers Fought for Economic Dominance in North America

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Hampton Sides on Britain’s Generations-Long Search for the Northwest Passage

By Hampton Sides | April 15, 2024

A syllabus for fans of <em>You Must Remember This.</em>

A syllabus for fans of You Must Remember This.

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How Deregulation Destroyed Indie Rock Across America

How Deregulation Destroyed Indie Rock Across America

Tom Maxwell on the Corporate Capture of Regional Radio Stations

By Tom Maxwell | April 12, 2024

More Than “Friendless” or “Fallen...” Giving Voice to the Women Who Misbehaved in History

More Than “Friendless” or “Fallen...” Giving Voice to the Women Who Misbehaved in History

Kelly E. Hill on Women Defying Societal Norms in the Nineteenth Century

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