Category: History
Charles Darwin the Geologist
by Robert Muir-Wood at OUP: Who was Charles Darwin the geologist? Was he a nephew,…
The Endless Wait: Biharis’ History of Exile
by Harmain Ahmer in Dawn: Following the ‘Fall of Dhaka’, the non-Bengalis in Bangladesh were…
What the Epic of Gilgamesh Reveals About Sumerian Society
Paul Cooper at Literary Hub: One Sumerian epic poem called Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta gives…
Racism, Jazz, and James Baldwin’s “Sonny Blues”
by Tom Jenks at OUP Blog: Reading is good; rereading is better. I can’t say…
“Better Angels of Our Nature”: For Abraham Lincoln it Was More than Words
Donald Nieman at The Conversation: Following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, community leaders, clergy…
Podcast: Documenting the Rise of Nazism
Sonny Bunch at The Bulwark: I’m joined this week by Thomas Doherty, Brandeis professor and…
Solzhenitsyn Understood the West and Predicted its Future With Frightening Precision
Gary Saul Morson in Commentary: Western intellectuals expected that novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, once safely in…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Harvard Address (1978)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s Commencement Address at Harvard University in 8 June 1978. {Russian audio with English-translation…
One Memorable Speech Can Turn Around a Faltering Campaign − How Nixon Did it With His ‘Checkers’ Talk
W. Joseph Campbell at The Conversation: Twenty years before Watergate, then-Sen. Richard Nixon’s national political…
How Did Mughal Emperor Humayun Die? The True Story Revealed After Years
From Samaa TV: Humayun was the 2nd Mughal Emperor. His predecessor was Babur, and successor,…
“Phuddu Khata”
Shared by Hasham Siddiqui, Pakistan: Only for those who are interested in history. The word…