October 18, 2023
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Eighteenth-century British naturalists relied on slave traders to obtain thousands of natural specimens from West Africa.
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October 18, 2023
Eighteenth-century British naturalists relied on slave traders to obtain thousands of natural specimens from West Africa.
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Victorian séances, budget laws, and trauma narratives.
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When Isobel Gowdie confessed to being a witch, she spun a subversive, magical tale for her interrogators.
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Irish goodbyes, destinationless wanders, and Gothic aesthetics.
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W.E.B. Du Bois’ message to African American artists.
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Video games, chestnuts, and extremely online women.
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Misunderstanding Greek and Latin in eighteenth-century Britain.
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The history and context of Venice’s annual Wedding to the Sea.
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Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.