Publication Title

Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek (NKJ) / Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art

That Time a Woman Rode Aristotle Around Like a Horse

In the Middle Ages, the legend of Aristotle and Phyllis exemplified the “Power of Women” trope.

Editors' Picks

How Victorian Mansions Became the Default Haunted House

Quick: Picture a haunted house. It's probably a Victorian mansion, right? Here's how these structures became signifiers of horror, haunting, and death.

Politics & History

A Hell of a Cracker

The unusual origin of the graham cracker

Politics & History

The Return of Socialism

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has catapulted the term "Democratic socialist" back into the spotlight. What does it actually mean to be a socialist?

Arts & Culture

Do We Have to Tell Them the House Is Haunted?

On the law and mythologies of haunting, from antiquity to today.

Politics & History

Buying Alaska

It's the 150th anniversary of the Alaska Purchase. Why did the Americans want all that ice and why were the Russians willing to sell?