Inventing the Christmas Tree
December 22, 2015
Bernd Brunner— Did candles on the Christmas tree start the blaze that destroyed the Castle Warthausen in Upper Swabia in 1621? Probably not, for many indications suggest that decorating trees… READ MORE
Category: European History
Meet Ivan Maisky: Soviet Ambassador to London, 1932–1943
November 18, 2015
Gabriel Gorodetsky— Serendipity often lies at the heart of scholarly discoveries. Some fifteen years ago I launched a research project which culminated in the joint official publication of documents on… READ MORE
Exile in Asolo
November 9, 2015
Holly Hurlburt— Eventually, Asolo casts its spell. Yet our beginning was inauspicious. My first approaches to this small Italian hill town nestled into the Dolomite foothills, as a graduate student… READ MORE
Orthodox Disunity in Ukraine
November 5, 2015
“Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you should be in agreement and that there should be no… READ MORE
Hitler at Home: A Conversation with Despina Stratigakos
November 4, 2015
Adolf Hitler’s makeover from rabble‑rouser to statesman coincided with a series of dramatic home renovations he undertook during the mid‑1930s. In the brand-new book Hitler at Home, author Despina Stratigakos exposes… READ MORE
History’s Coldest Case: The Assassination of Lorenzino de’ Medici
October 29, 2015
Stefano Dall’Aglio— Some of you might be familiar with the TV series Cold Case, produced in the U.S. over seven seasons from 2003 to 2010 and successfully broadcast all over… READ MORE
Balmoral Castle, Tourism, and Cultural Icons
September 22, 2015
Margot Maley– A few weeks ago, Queen Elizabeth began her summer holiday at Balmoral, the royal family’s Scottish estate. Located in the northeast of Scotland about an hour west of… READ MORE
Dangerous Books in America, Britain, and France
September 15, 2015
Books have always had the power to make authorities rather uncomfortable. Sometimes it’s because the novel makes the government look bad, goes against the teachings of a particular religion, or… READ MORE
Americans Fight and Die in France in World War I
September 8, 2015
Edward Strauss— One hundred years ago, young Americans were fighting alongside the Allies in the trenches and No Man’s Land of northern France. America would not enter World War I… READ MORE
Patrick Modiano’s Paris
August 25, 2015
Mark Polizzotti— The Paris of Patrick Modiano’s fictions is a city that no longer exists, and perhaps never did. There is a character and a topology typical of his version… READ MORE
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