This week, we trace the evolution of Noh theater over the course of the careers of its famous founders: the…
It’s time for our first case on the history of American slavery, featuring the bizarre legal and moral mess that allowed black Africans fighting for their freedom to be accused of kidnapping themselves.
Since Japan just got itself a new emperor, this is a good time to go back and look at an…
This week, we’re going to zoom in on the kind of life that doesn’t usually make the big picture history…
Come celebrate the big 3-0 with a con for the ages as Jeanne de Valois will try to get her hands on a 2 million livre necklace, and end up implicating — and slandering — one of the world’s most famous and powerful monarchies.
This week, we look at the violent incidents that eventually undermined the Freedom and People’s Rights Movement, and the legacies…