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In the space of about two decades, five major parks were proposed, designed, and created in Paris. S
"With the benefit of hindsight, it is clear that 1949 was actually the beginning, not the end, of th
How has migration shaped Mediterranean history? And what role did conflicting temporalities and the
In 2005, Brad Balukjian left his position as a magazine fact-checker to pursue a dream job: partner
There is racial inequality in America, and some people are distressed over it while others are not.
In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's midtown office a
Joséphine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; Térézia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe;
Few would dispute that Hitler’s ideas led to war and genocide. Less clear however, is how and when t
This week on International Horizons, John Torpey, Director of the Ralph Bunche Institute, speaks wit
A wordsmith, an extempore poet and a satirist, Kāḷamēkam (also known as Kāḷamēka Pulavar; fifteenth
Who controls what is taught in American universities – professors or politicians? The answer is far
Beth Blum, Assistant Professor of English at Harvard, is the author of The Self-Help Compulsion (Col
Democracy is struggling in an age of populism and post-truth. In a world swirling with competing pol
Today’s book is: Reunited: Family Separation and Central American Youth Migration (Russell Sage Foun
In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a handful of powerful European states controlled more tha
In her latest memoir, Landed: A Yogi's Memoir of Places & Poses (2024, Vine Leaves Press), Amer
David and Modya welcome Dr. Robert Barris to this episode. Robert is a NY-based psychiatrist, a deep
In this episode, we talk to Professor Jonathan Brown about his book, Slavery and Islam. Learn more a
This podcast describes a short history of a man who did something we’ve lost in America. That man wa
40 Maps That Will Change How You See the World (Ivy Press, 2024) by Dr. Alistair Bonnett is a meticu
