“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there,” wrote L.P. Hartley in his 1953 novel “The Go-Between.” How we understand the past and how we come to terms with our own memories, is ...

Magistra Vitae, a Latin word meaning “life’s teacher,” was used by Cicero in his De Oratore as a representation of history. It expresses the idea that the study of history serves as a lesson for the ...

F or a long time, it had been broadly assumed that history was over — that, at least, the liberal international order embodied by Francis Fukuyama’s notion of the “end of history” had rendered ...

There are days lately when it feels like we’ve had enough history, thanks very much. That it would be nice if history could slow down for just a moment to let us catch our breaths, that it’s hard ...

As much as reminiscing about memories of past events can bring us joy and contentment, thinking about our past can also bring up thoughts and emotions that can be difficult to handle. This is ...

For history nerds, the Open Durham database is invaluable. But as development continues aggressively apace, it is also evidence of, and argument for, a rapidly vanishing city. Melva George Rigel’s ...