Find your way into one of these stories from JSTOR Daily.

A dukun preparing medicine, c. 1910-1940

The International History of “Indigenous” Malay Healers

The origins of Malay and Indonesian dukun healers are intertwined with the history of Persian involvement in the region.
Cats wait for fishermen to feed them their catch on August 7, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey.

Turkish Cats, Crow Pie, and AI DJs

Well-researched stories from Sapiens, Yale Environment 360, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.
One knight consoling another knight on the ground

The Swooning Knights of Medieval Stories

In romantic literature of the fourteenth and fifteen centuries, fainting wasn’t just for ladies.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benedictus_Spinoza._Line_engraving_by_W._Pobuda_after_(A._P._Wellcome_V0005578.jpg

Nice Guy Spinoza Finishes…First?

The Dutch Jewish philosopher Spinoza died in 1677, which is when the battle to define his life—and work—began.