Tag: history
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Russia is a Near Eastern country now subordinated to East Asia, but historically it has prospered most when tied closely to Europe. https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/where-is-russias-place-in-the-world/ more ›
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Austerity is a choice. The protection of the family at the expense of other ways of living is a choice. The transfer of… https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n12/katrina-forrester/i-appreciate-depreciation more ›
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Now that the war is so long ago, the subject of Nazi exiles in South America can seem a stale, even dubious… https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n12/andy-beckett/an-efficient-man more ›
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This June, Christie’s offers one of the most important collections of daguerreotypes to come to market in the past 25 years. Announced to the world in 1839 and born of… more ›
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Harvard’s motto, Veritas, inscribed on gates, doorways, and sculptures all over campus, demands of us truth. https://legacyofslaveryreport.harvard.edu/ more ›
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When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/jun/21/harvard-slavery-decendants-of-the-enslaved?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other more ›
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History of carnatic artists – Download as a PDF or view online for free https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/history-of-carnatic-artists/11932692 more ›
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In the final decade of his life, Dieter Scharf – scion of one of Germany’s great collecting dynasties – filled his Hamburg villa with exceptional sub-Saharan sculpture. Fifty of these… more ›