Deaf Colonists in Victorian-Era Canada
In 1884, educator Jane Groom defied naysayers to found a community for working-class Deaf people on prairies of Manitoba.
Scientific Seances in Twentieth-Century Iran
Spiritism appealed to Iranian intellectuals who sought to reconcile their commitment to science with their pursuit of moral reform.
The Hidden History of Black Catholic Nuns
The lives and roles of African-descended women who joined predominantly white Catholic convents was deliberately hidden by congregational historians.
Buffalo Music, the End of Smallpox, and Unnamed Species
Well-researched stories from Black Perspectives, Open Mind, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Women, Men, and Classical Music
As more women embraced music as a profession, more men became worried that the world of the orchestra was losing its masculinity.
A New Kind of Language, Moon Plants, and Jell-O Salads
Well-researched stories from The New Yorker, Ars Technica, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
Dogs, the Four-Legged Crime-Fighters of Paris
Now a familiar part of policing, the partnership between canines and cops developed in an unpredictable fashion.
Nostalgia for Manly Men in Seventeenth-Century Spain
Moralists found it easy to criticize Spanish men, particularly the high-born among them, for all sorts of supposed failures of masculinity.
Jewish Law and Abortion
A practicing physician reviews contributions of Jewish ethics and rabbinic thought to the issue of abortion.
After Roe, Bendable Phones, and Nurdles
Well-researched stories from Black Perspectives, Recode, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.