Odd cartographic creations like ‘Fool’s Cap Map of the World,’ ‘Leo Belgicus,’ and ‘The Porcineograph’ make the classic ...

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

“I understand they have 19th century policies of McKinley, but they need to have a 21st century understanding of the economy,” Khanna (D-Calif) said on CBS’ “Face the Nation, referencing ...

Ever heard of Empress Joséphine Bonaparte? The wife to Napolean was a bit of a botanical revolutionary for her time, helping welcome in some of 19th century Europe’s most exciting scientific ...

Urinals have not changed much since they started becoming popular in 19th-century Europe, as part of growing public health reforms in fast-growing cities.There are now around 56 million public ...

Without a universal definition of witchcraft, she needed to understand how so-called witches in Venice differed from others in Europe at the time and if their objects were unique to their work. In ...

Chat with the project leads and EISPS students working on the European Literary Map. Learn about the research behind the map, how different narratives shape our understanding of place, and how you can ...

In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade ... raised tariffs on pasta imports from Europe . Europe responded with taxes on US imports of nuts and lemons. The standoff lasted nine ...

In the early 16th century, Spanish conquistadors returning from expeditions in Mexico and other parts of Mesoamerica were thought to have first introduced the seeds to southern Europe. Eventually ...

An influential performance artist, filmmaker, and installation artist, Antin delves into history—whether of ancient Rome, the Crimean War, the salons of nineteenth-century Europe, or her own Jewish ...

RICHARDS / AFP/File In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade ... raised tariffs on pasta imports from Europe . Europe responded with taxes on US imports of nuts and lemons. The ...

In this telling, high tariffs fueled America’s nineteenth-century industrial rise. Tariff-supporters like Oren Cass have argued that the United States “transformed from colonial backwater to continent ...