Bring on the Board Games
The increasing secularism of the nineteenth century helped make board games a commercial and ideological success in the United States.
Social Mobility and the “Class Ceiling” in the UK
People from working-class backgrounds in the UK bump up against a "class ceiling" analogous to the glass ceiling women face in the workplace.
Bringing Turkish Style to Europe
In seventeenth-century Europe, architects adopted styles from the Ottoman empire to create new kinds of social spaces including public baths and coffeehouses.
Tristan da Cunha: The Longest Trip
Accessible only by ship, the South Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha hosts a resilient human population—and heck of a lot of rock lobsters.
When History is a Matter of “National Security”
Since the mid-1990s, Russian authorities have insisted on particular understandings of some parts of the country’s history as a matter of national security.
Putting the Red in Soviet Color Film
A Soviet alternative to Disney cartoon became a state ideal, but the three-color process behind Silly Symphony cartoons wasn’t easy to perfect.
Alicia Gutierrez-Romine on the Strengths of the Medical Humanities
An interview with Alicia Gutierrez-Romine, who explores the parallels in historical events with contemporary public health practice and policies.
When Singing Was a Crime
Calvinist reformers in sixteenth-century Geneva frequently punished people for immoral behavior—like singing.
Women Are Reclaiming Their Place in Baseball
Momentum continues to build in the movement to put women back where they belong: on the baseball diamond.