Articles with keyword "history"
Feature
Thieves of Pleasure
A vicious fraternal war rewards Alfonso VI with the artistic and poetic treasures of al-Andalus.
Conversation
Renaissance Scholar at Work
Humanities discusses art and the achievements of the Endowment with outgoing Chairman, Bruce Cole.
Statement
Reverberations of the Fourth of July
MASSACHUSETTS On July 5, 1852, while citizens across the country were still celebrating American freedom, Frederick Douglass, the country’s most prominent former slave, delivered arguably the century’
Conversation
Reading Into the Great Depression
Critic Morris Dickstein talks about the culture of the thirties and the demise of theory.
Curio
Velo News
Histories of bicycle racing often give in to hagiography, but historian Christopher S.
Curio
Curiously Reckless Rebels
An exquisitely fine pencil drawing hanging in a bedroom at Tudor Place in Georgetown in the nation’s capital has a tragic tale to tell that is lacking in some basic details.
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Darwin the Young Adventurer
The budding naturalist avoids life as a minister and finds himself aboard the Beagle.