Circumcision in Italian Renaissance Art: A Hellenistic Influence
Perhaps one of the understated influences of Hellenism in the Italian Renaissance is the intact foreskin.
Lenin’s Leadership in the October Revolution
The 1917 October Revolution occasioned a dramatic transformation of the Russian state.
What Has Student Politics Ever Done For Us?: 1968, Fifty Years On
On the 15th of June, 1968, The Guardian reported the founding of the British Revolutionary Socialist Student Federation. Hundreds of students were present at what education correspondent Richard Bourne described as a “jungle of revolutionary ideology.”
Conformity and Dissent: Youth in the United States and the Soviet Union, 1960s-1970s
The 1960s and 1970s saw a global trend of young people increasing their demands for agency.
History in the Bigger Picture: Its Importance and Worth
Whenever I tell people I’m a history major, they seem to formulate an impression of me based on that fact alone.
The Falls
It was a sultry Saturday afternoon on January 11, 1845, when a little boy of eight or nine and his elder sister went to play at the Yarra Falls.
“While You Are Away”: The Impact of the Second World War on Women’s Household Roles
Women who lived through World War II on the home front witnessed complex changes to perceptions of their gender, with propaganda and policy giving them new agency while reinforcing their positions as victims, housewives and mothers.
