Novelist Jeffers (The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois) presents a collection of incisive essays exploring “the crossroads”: “a location of difficulty and possibility, a boundary Continue ...

Despite the disappearance of their original, practical purpose — which was on display in London in the 19th century, at the Great Exhibition ... Beyond displaying technological inventions, the ...

The presentation, titled ‘Women and Style in the 19th to early 20th century Malta’, will be delivered by fashion historian Caroline Tonna.

He has an unusual fascination with two obscure 19th-century presidents — James K. Polk and William McKinley. Both championed what many consider outdated policies that Trump is now trying to ...

PARIS: As the world reels from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs onslaught, here is a look back at some major trade wars since the 19th century: In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the ...

In the early 16th century, Spanish conquistadors returning ... Eventually, around 1880 with the invention of the pizza in Naples, the tomato grew widespread in popularity in Europe.

And for that, it is essential we accept this: Hinduism as we know it is a 19th-century invention. Its politics are 20th-century. Its maturity—if it wants to survive—must belong to the 21st. Author’s ...

In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China against the British Empire. The first began in 1839, when Britain launched a ...

They studied hundreds of historical texts and their mood boards took inspiration from Franz Xaver Winterhalter’s paintings of deities and affluent 19th-century families. Their most valuable ...

Paris – As the world reels from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs onslaught, here is a look back at some major trade wars since the 19th century: – 19th century Opium Wars – In the mid ...

In doing so, the administration cited a 19th century lawsuit that denied U.S. citizenship to Native Americans. The case is called Elk v. Wilkins. The president’s executive order has been blocked ...