In 1957, the economist and journalist Barbara Ward gave the first of the Aggrey-Fraser-Guggisberg Memorial Lectures at the University College of Ghana. Shortly after Kwame Nkrumah led the British colony of the Gold Coast towards self-government, he invite... See more
On 29 March 1516, the Venetian Senate voted to create the world's first 'ghetto'. All Jews then living in the city – as well as any others who might come later – were ordered to move immediately to a small island in the northeastern sestiere of Cannaregio... See more
Last December, The Atlantic published a short profile of Rob Boddice, a leading scholar in the history of emotions. I was surprised at the strong negative response the article elicited from dozens, maybe hundreds, of scholars and writers on social media, ... See more
