In this article, Kyle DeVinney discusses how Fred Hampton’s assassination was a result of government corruption and prejudice. He draws on a variety of sources ranging from FBI memos, newspaper articles, and interviews to highlight the government’s involvement in Hampton’s death.
In this article, Jordan Yang discusses how Thomas Becket’s assassination resulted from his struggle with King Henry II that centered around conflicting notions of royal and ecclesiastical authority.
In this article, Beth Gatto analyzes how the translation of Kalila wa-Dimna under Alfonso X’s reign impacted Castilian literature and portrays a more accurate depiction of Muslim-Christian relations in medieval Spain.
In this article, Yulia Pechenkina discusses and critiques the late 1960s counterculture movement’s usage of “spectacles” as means to challenge oppressive societal norms.
In this article, Zornitsa Peeva discusses how the eye played a mediatory role in Mesopotamian art and religion. She draws upon ancient Mesopotamian literature, artifacts, and art to emphasize the eye’s powerful role in Mesopotamian society and cosmology.
David DeFilippis’s research article analyzes how youth organizations were used to create the totalitarian states of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and the Soviet Union during the Interwar period.
In this article, Maria Kang discusses how traditional values and expectations of women prevailed despite popular media portraying the 1920s as an era of radical social change for women.
In this article, Sebastian Rosa examines the factors that caused the fall of the Japanese Imperial Court’s political authority and how the central government’s declining power led to the rise of the samurai in Japanese government and society in the twelfth century.
