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Criteria of the Heart: Dr. Johnson at the Travelodge

In the summer of 1968 at the age of eighteen, I received my undergraduate first year reading list from my tutor at Lincoln College. Johnson’s Lives of the Poets, the little two-volume hardback...

Philip Smallwood | 23 Nov 2023

Staël, Romanticism and Revolution: The Life and Times of the First European

The story goes that when Napoleon met Staël, he told her he didn’t like women talking politics. And she replied that in a period...

John Claiborne Isbell | 23 Nov 2023

Exploring the Three P’s of Conservation: Products, Protection, and Processes

Conservation in the Context of a Changing World: Concepts, Strategies, and Evidence Many issues in contemporary conservation provoke strong responses. Rewilding, mother trees, megafaunal extinctions,...

Bertie J. Weddell | 23 Nov 2023

How can we fight for racial justice? Lessons from Young Black Changemakers

The events of 2020 are unforgettable. What do you most remember when you look back on this time? Surely, the COVID-19 pandemic comes to mind. Also, the presidential election. We can’t forget May 25th,...

Laura S. Abrams, Elan C. Hope, Laura Wray-Lake | 22 Nov 2023

Caring for cultural heritage

The journey towards caring for cultural heritageI have been interested for many years in how the UK looks after cultural heritage by law and ethical principles. I came to adopt the framework of care,...

Charlotte Woodhead | 21 Nov 2023

Who is an Explorer?

              When the submersible Titan imploded on its descent to the wreckage of the Titanic this past June, its five victims...

Dane Kennedy | 20 Nov 2023

Hitler, the Hotel Guest

Luggage tag from the Hotel Kaiserhof, ca. 1910 In February 1931, two years before he became chancellor, Adolf Hitler checked in to Berlin’s Hotel Kaiserhof and made it his headquarters in the...

Adam Bisno | 17 Nov 2023

Beyond the Holiday Season: Gifts and the Atlantic Slave Trade

If you have been following the news in the past months, you may have read that Democrats in the United States reported that the White House under Donald Trump failed to report gifts received by the...

Ana Lucia Araujo | 16 Nov 2023

Plunging Crime Fiction into the Mediterranean Sea

My passion for crime fiction started very early, thanks to my aunt Andreina who was an avid reader of the genre. She had an extensive collection of “Gialli Mondadori”, a crime series published...

Barbara Pezzotti | 15 Nov 2023

Imperial Borderlands: Institutions and Legacies of the Habsburg Military Frontier

Migration of the Serbs, by Serbian painter Paja Jovanović Security concerns often necessitate the establishment of specialized institutions in border regions that diverge from the norm in civilian...

Bogdan G. Popescu | 15 Nov 2023

Thinking Empire with Leo Baeck

Leo Baeck arriving to La Guardia – ©Leo Baeck Institute New York White-bearded and dignified, Leo Baeck disembarked an airplane in New York’s La Guardia airport in January 1948. The seventy-four...

Yaniv Feller | 15 Nov 2023

Reflections on Parent Dependency in American Social Policy

Caring for aging parents is a reality that many people face, or will face, as their parents age and need more support and care. My book, Caring for Mom and Dad, analyzes public policies that either...

Susan Stein-Roggenbuck | 14 Nov 2023