History
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Classics reads Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ aloud in a single day.
New book by ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ historian Thomas G. Andrews documents the forgotten epidemic that hobbled America and had wide-ranging effects on society.
Forty years after President Reagan and Soviet Premier Gorbachev met in Reykjavik, Iceland, ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ historian Tom Zeiler sees the meeting as both a missed opportunity and an early step toward meaningful arms control.
Twenty-five years after the terrorist attacks, Middle East expert John M. Willis says 9/11 did not fundamentally reinvent policy in the region but did remove political constraints and accelerate changes.
Five decades after his death, Mao Zedong remains the face of modern China, yet ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ historian William Wei argues his rise to power was never inevitable and neither is the verdict on his legacy.
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ historians Thomas Andrews and Noah Ramage argue that the seeds of Little Bighorn, which happened 150 years ago, were planted years before Custer’s defeat.
ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Center of the American West former board member Rick Williams shares family insights into the historic battle and offers thoughts on how perceptions have changed over time.
The two-day workshop will bring together scholars and students from around the world to assess the state of Holocaust studies in the mid-2020s.
Trump’s coercive tactics in Latin America evoke era of gunboat diplomacy—and the rise of anti‑imperialism it helped spur.
Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah, will be observed on ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ campus Tuesday with a public reading of the names of Jews killed in the Holocaust.