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Portrait of Aaron Burr in 1802

Burr versus Jefferson versus Marshall

The president accuses his former vice president of treason and tussles with a Supreme Court justice.

By R. Kent Newmyer

humanities, May/June, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 3
Lady Bird Johnson and hostesses aboard the Lady Bird Special

Lady Bird Special

The first First Lady to hit the campaign trail without her husband

By Meredith Hindley

humanities, May/June, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 3
Among the Waves by Ivan Aivazovsky

The Blue Humanities

In studying the sea, we are returning to our beginnings.

By John R. Gillis

humanities, May/June, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 3
Rowhouse in Chestertown

Majoring in History

A visit to Chestertown, Maryland.

By David Skinner

humanities, May/June, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 3
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

What accounts for Emerson's endurance as a writer?

By By Danny Heitman

humanities, May/June, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 3
Martin Scorsese

2013 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities

Martin Scorsese takes the stage.

humanities, May/June, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 3
Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta

"With Love and Resolution": An Appreciation

The Art of Martin Scorsese

By Glenn Kenny

humanities, March/April, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 2
Lev Tolstoy, 1908

Done with Tolstoy

Famed translators Pevear and Volokhonsky reach another milestone.

By Kevin Mahnken

humanities, March/April, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 2
Boxcar Bertha

Knowing the Scorsese

A Selective Filmography

By Bruce Bennett

humanities, March/April, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 2
Still from "The Red Shoes"

Saving Grace

How the Film Foundation restored The Red Shoes and is preserving cinematic history.

By Marilyn Ferdinand

humanities, March/April, 2013, Volume 34, Issue 2