Shorts
Can the Archive Make a Monster of a Historian?
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A historian who pays full attention to their sources can’t help but be transformed into a monster…
Field Trip
Beyond The Gates
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As I descended into the basement I wondered if copal would ever have a chance to ascend.
Postcards
A Postcard from Makhanda
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The Historical Association of South Africa held its biennial meeting at Rhodes University in Makhanda, South Africa.
Field Trip
Palace Intrigue
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Perhaps we can enjoy the Baron’s palace without having to apotheosize him.
Field Trip
Edward Guimont’s “From Outer Space”
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The Hills’ aliens wore clothing and spoke English—albeit with an unspecified “foreign accent.”
Features
The Dentist Who Defrauded Two Governments—and a Historian, Part II
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What happens when forged documents enter the historical record?
Features
The Dentist Who Defrauded Two Governments—and a Historian, Part I
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What happens when forged documents enter the historical record?
Reviews
The RRRevolution Will Be Cinematic
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This unflinching depiction of the British Raj and its terror is long overdue in Western pop culture.
Shorts
Colony of Cobblestone
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The blue cobblestones of Old San Juan look nice on a postcard, but they also tell a long history of exploitation.
How I Do History
How Aimee Loiselle Does History
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An unexpected job opportunity launched seven years of adjunct teaching and rekindled Aimee Loiselle’s interest in scholarly history.
In Search of Black Europe
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Johny Pitts’s travelogue is a counter to historical narratives that erase the black European experience.
Field Trip
Catholic Library, Muslim Books
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In the 1950s and 1960s, the Dominicans in Cairo collected rare printed books in Arabic, particularly Muslim devotional works rarely found in other libraries.
Postcards
A Postcard From Belgium and Northeastern Congo
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When visiting these archives, the violent and extractive history of Belgium’s presence in the Congo was impossible to ignore.
Features
Hunting Dinosaurs in Central Africa
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Before ancient aliens—before Lizard People—there was the search for living dinosaurs.