Photo of Generic Punk Concert, 1970s

Punks vs. Cowboys in Reagan Country 

A bastion of both the Old and New Right, Orange County in the late 1970s seems an unlikely place for punk rockers.
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Colonialism, Resistance, and Liquor

For both the Shawnee of North America and the Sámi of northern Europe, alcohol provided by colonizing powers was a symbolic and practical political issue.
Madonna of the Magnificat by Sandro Botticelli

The Pomegranate in History and Myth

Used heavily in early medicine and at times for opposing aims, the pomegranate shows a marked versatility in its cultural connotations and connections.
The only surviving image that may depict Anne Hathaway, made by Sir Nathaniel Curzon in 1708.

Anne Shakespeare: Toward a Biography

Let’s check in with Anne Shakespeare, née Hathaway, about whom so little is known.
Wall Street during the bank panic in October 1907

Mexico, 1910: An Influential Sneeze or a Home-Grown Revolution?

Historians are rethinking the claim that the Panic of 1907 in the United States helped spark the Mexican Revolution.
Bill of Rights, 1791

The Bill of Rights: Annotated

Proposed as a compromise to ensure the ratification of the new US Constitution, the Bill of Rights has become a critical protector of civil liberties.
A woman wearing a face mask walks inside the Universal Studio station on March 05, 2020 in Osaka, Japan.

The Fear of Bare, Naked Ladies’ Faces

The mask, like the veil, is seen by the anxious West as concealing a racialized female subject in need of liberation from a backward culture.
A screenshot from Civilization V

History and Civilization

The Civilization video games may not convey actual history very well, but they’ve encouraged generations of young people to learn more about the past.
Japanese Travel Poster, ca. 1936

Western Travel Writers or Japanese War Propagandists?

Even as Japan courted Western tourists with images of exotic customs and untouched landscapes, the Second Sino-Japanese War raged across East Asia.
Colourful silhouettes of people with weight issues.

Weight in the Sociology Classroom

Body weight is in some ways a trickier topic for sociology students than other stigmas. One professor explains how he approaches the challenge of discussing it.