May 19, 2021
Manly Conduct
On the Aboriginal Australians who navigated the British colonial project.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
August 9, 2025
May 17, 2021
“No Keening Carried On Nowadays”
Revisiting the power of an Irish tradition and its practitioners.
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May 14, 2021
The Rest Is History
Filing cabinets, debt, and dancing to David Bowie in medieval Europe.
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May 11, 2021
Going Into the City
Where American Indians found hospitality, hatred, and many noxious smells and noises.
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May 10, 2021
Robust Claims of Vast Lawlessness
On the Black men who petitioned for Andrew Johnson’s impeachment in 1865.
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August 07, 2023
Monumental Mistakes
2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
May 22, 2023
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.