The display will be open to the public at Spurlock Museum through Nov. 8. Presented artifacts are drawn from over 30 collaborators across campus and other universities. While the vast majority of the ...
A new history examines the long history of a radical and sometimes conservative concept. The storming of the Bastille. Here’s a puzzle: Must revolution always mean change? Does it require innovation, ...
A French and African diaspora studies expert argued the crucial significance of the Haitian Revolution in broader anti-colonial history at a Georgetown University event Feb. 18. A Yale University ...
The radical life and work of the historian. Christopher Hill was one of the most prolific and influential historians of the 20th century. He was also the product of two specific eras of political and ...
The ninth of November, 1799—the 18th of Brumaire in the calendar of the French Revolution—is often remembered as the day the Revolution ended. Napoleon Bonaparte, conqueror of Italy and scourge of ...
Documentary maker Ken Burns doesn’t think today’s polarized politics are anything new, especially for a country that, as he sees it, already had two civil wars — the American Revolution of 1776 and ...
Feb. 24 (UPI) --The author prefers to use the lowercase "n" to challenge the Kim family regime's legitimacy. On Friday, north Korea began its 9th Party Congress.. On Saturday, Rodong Sinmun published ...
Ask someone to explain what “revolution” is, and there’s a decent chance they will reply that, though they can’t offer a precise answer, they know it when they see it. This nebulousness, according to ...
In June, 2018, the political commentator Fareed Zakaria found himself in the Campo de’ Fiori, in the center of Rome, with Steve Bannon, who was then President Trump’s chief strategist. Bannon—whom ...
Revolutions are world-shaking affairs. But how much do we really know about who makes them? And how clearly do we understand their implications? There are few better times to ask such questions than ...