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If you enjoyed last week's post from Brian Jeffrey Maxson on humanisim in Florence, check out his piece this week as he takes you behind the scenes conducting research in the Florence state archives for his book The Humanist World of Renaissance Florence.
Recent years have seen the political prominence of Mormons taken to a new level – including the presidential candidacy of Republican Mitt Romney, the prominent involvement of Mormons in the campaign for California's Proposition 8, and the ascendancy of Democrat Harry Reid to the position of Senate Majority Leader. In this excerpt from Seeking the Promised Land, three scholars consider the legacy and future of Mormons in American politics.
In this interview with Tony Hey, the author of this fall’s The Computing Universe ruminates on the fascinating and uncertain future of our increasingly digital world. What is the future of artificial...
Maartje Abbenhuis, the author of An Age of Neutrals: Great Power Politics, 1815–1914, studies neutrality and internationalism, including the history of The Netherlands during the First World War to explain the power of a nation that declined to take sides.
Explore some figures from the battlefields of the Great War, from the Red Baron and Mata Hari to the Harlem Hell Fighters.
Brian Jeffrey Maxson, the author of The Humanist World of Renaissance Florence, explores the beauty of language and the power of eloquence in Renaissance Italy.
World War I had a decisive cultural impact around the globe. Part of its legacy is preserved in post-war literature: this excerpt from The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the First World War reveals how the Great War shaped a new class of writers and their work.
In this interview, Robert Howse, the author of Leo Strauss: Man of Peace, offers a new interpretation of the neoconservative icon. His book will be out this September. Read More ?
With online privacy facing grave threats, Scott J. Shackelford, the author of Managing Cyber Attacks in International Law, Business, and Relations, takes readers inside the complex world of cybersecurity law.
David Woodward, the author of The American Army and the First World War, explains why the United States was so late to participate in the Great War and why the war was one of the most devastating the U.S. army ever faced.
If you've been enjoying this amazing month in astronomy—from the Super Moon to the Perseid Meteor Shower—Ian Morison has some more tips for you. The author of An Amateur's Guide to Observing and Imaging the Heavens offers advice on what to look for in the summer sky.
The American Army, though late to the battlefield, was a key to Allied victory in the Great War. In The American Army and the First World War, David Woodward explores how a modern US Army was formed and how the Doughboys shaped the outcome of the war.
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