Was the Franco dictatorship a cause or consequence of the Spanish Civil War? Was Einstein a medieval scientist? Confusions ...

Eric Foner’s essay collection “Our Fragile Freedoms” demonstrates how our understanding of the past can deepen and grow more ...

When Prof. John W. Boyer published his landmark book on the history of the University of Chicago in 2015, his work gave a valuable new window into UChicago’s past. But for Boyer, a renowned historian ...

I'm a guy who is now a junior in high school, and most of my classes are fine, but I literally roll my eyes to myself every ...

Eighteen signs highlighting Mineral Ridge and Weathersfield Township have been placed at the township’s Community ...

Commentary from the heads of two prominent historical associations on Trump’s recent executive order on “radical indoctrination” in schools. Under the grossly misleading title “Ending Radical ...

Ancient glyphs, forgotten temples, abandoned cities decaying in the jungle: The collapse of the Maya Empire is one of archaeology’s most notorious apocalypses. It’s also been presented to us as one of ...

I am a history professor at one of the universities under attack by the Trump Administration. I am also a flag-waving patriot with an abiding love of the United States. Those two statements might seem ...

This ‘NOVA’ presentation traverses 300,000 years to explore the history of Homo sapiens.